About Us

For Christmas 2011 I was given a book called Secret Ingredients: The New Yorker Book of Food and Drink.  In it were some of the best food articles from the New Yorker's long history. One of my favorite stories was called All You Can Hold For Five Bucks. The story explained the origins, history, and traditions of the American Beefsteak Banquet. As a lover of food, history, and merriment, I decided that I wanted to recreate this with my friends. In October of 2012, in the middle of harvest season here in Napa, I decided to hold the first Napa Beefsteak. The rest is history. 

• Receive your invitation, RSVP, and provide your contribution in a timely manner
• Wear your finest suit and tie
• Eat your steak, rare, smothered in delicious sauces, without utensils or napkins
• Absolutely no vegetables
• Wash your steak down with endless amounts of lager
• Enjoy a fine cigar and some scotch or maybe a cocktail
• Laugh until you cry or vomit, or both
• Have someone drive you home
• Sleep
• Repeat yearly until you die

We generally hold Beefsteak at different locations around Napa Valley. Its been in an old carriage house, a backyard patio, wine caves, vineyard barns, and hotel rooftops. Every year we try to make it unique and memorable. The location is only shared with invited guests.