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This $1,000 Steak Arrives in a Briefcase

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This $1,000 Steak Arrives in a Briefcase

Miami's Papi Steak takes a cue from 'Pulp Fiction'

Laine Doss
Dec 14, 2021
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Behold the Papi Steak “beef case.” Photo courtesy of Papi Steak

Here’s a little advice for Bitcoin billionaires and tech bros looking to snowbird in Miami: Bottle service is so 2019.

The hottest way to throw your cryptocurrency around is by buying expensive meat — and there’s no better way to show you’ve got money to burn than by ordering the Papi Steak Beef Case.

This South Beach restaurant (736 1st St., Miami Beach), owned by Miami nightclub and restaurateur, David Grutman and David “Papi” Einhorn, specializes in over-the-top displays of culinary excess that attract celebrities like Drake and Rhianna. During dinner, it’s customary to see people tucking into a 32-oz. “Papi Steak” tomahawk followed by a nightcap of Louis XIII by Remy Martin.

For those who really want to show their wealth, Papi Steak offers the Beef Case: For $1,000, a raw 55-oz. Wagyu tomahawk steak is presented to the table in a rhinestone-studded briefcase.

The briefcase is a nod to the one in Pulp Fiction that carried the soul of Marsellus Wallace — which makes sense considering anyone who has a grand to spend on a steak in a carryall, probably sold his soul to the devil, too.

The steak is provided with the appropriate fanfare — a laser light show and your choice of music accompany the steak (anything from the Meat Loaf discography might be appropriate). The steak is then “branded” tableside with a hot stake before it’s taken back to the kitchen to be carved and plated. Then it’s presented tableside, sans briefcase, for you to enjoy.

There’s a ten Beef Case limit per day. No, the Beef Case isn’t yours to keep — but Instagram clout is forever.

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denia f durante
Writes denia’s Newsletter
Dec 23, 2021

DURANTE ~ DIRECT TO CHEF'S CORP

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audrey wells
Writes fringeologie
Dec 14, 2021

wowza. considering i'm definitely an old-school food & bevvie hospitality warrior who left my biggest client, a Japanese family business on the cusp of becoming an empire for becoming what i believed was more Six Flags Over Sushi than its original authentic, food-focused fare. love it? eye-roll it? it's Miami, baby... it's all of it. good stuff. ty. :-)

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