I beg to differ. I think it depends on what part of the west your talking about. But you would think Texas would rank pretty high though. I've never stopped at the Big Texan but I've seen it going thru Amarillo. A couple of restaurants in Cody Wy had steaks that tower over any thing I've ever had here. But bar none the best Prime Rib I've ever had (ate it for a week straight) was in Big Sandy Montana on a hunting trip up near the border. It was at a small little bar, it overlapped the plate on both sides and cost $10.
If you want some good eating in Atl. try Rose and Crown Tavern for the best shrimp and grits or anything else. Also look up Fox bros BBQ.
Maybe I said that wrong....I was hard pressed to think of steakhouse in SC that
couldbeat the steakhouses we encountered during our trip to Colorado and Utah, for the combination of good steak and large portion of steak for the price. I am not a steak snob, but a good steak needs no steak sauce...and a medallion of beef is not a steak. Bobby Van's in DC, or the Ruth's Chris steakhouses try for the steak snobbery, but that's not my style.
The Branding Iron in Moab, Utah served some excellent ribeyes one night, and served me some of the best prime rib I have had in a long time. If we make it back to Moab, that's one of the first dinner spots.
I will admit I have not tried The Peddler steakhouse's here in the upstate in many years, my father used to consider them a good steakhouse.
Now, we so indeed have good food in SC and elsewhere. Like to attend BBQ festivals when I can. Wish you had not mentioned shrimp and grits....BBQ....I'm getting hungry.
Wonder what we have in the fridge........