CUT 158 Chophouse: New Menu Selections

JOLIET, IL - In January, downtown Joliet celebrated the grand opening of the CUT 158 Chophouse at 158 N. Chicago St., just up the street from the Rialto Square Theatre. It's run by the same family who manage Hamburgerseria and Cork Wine Bar, both on Joliet's Essington Road. Now, after three months of business, CUT 158 is unveiling several new items for its lunch and dinner menus.

"We've been open a few months now and are getting a good idea of what Joliet wants," one of the managers informed me.

Located at 158 N. Chicago St., the CUT 158 Chophouse website proclaims, "Trendy steakhouse delivers fantastic perfectly cooked beef alongside amazing cocktails and an expansive wine list."

Most items on the regular lunch menu are priced between $8 and $12. One of the managers also stressed that CUT 158's lunches "are fast and designed to get people in and out especially people at the courthouse, and we do take out as well."

On Thursday, the Joliet Patch Editor went with the French Dip Sandwich, it came with carmelized onions, swiss cheese on a French roll with fries. The cost was $8.50.

And on Wednesdays: CUT 158 is now offering a pan fried New York strip steak, 14 ounces, for $25.

Pictured below are some of the new additions to the menu.

Don't they look marvelous?

Honey pepper glazed salmon over pesto couscous and asparagus. (Picture at top of article.)

New steak selection: 12-ounce prime steak topped with bleu cheese, roasted cherry tomatoes and green onions. Price is $22.

New cauliflower side: grilled honey pepper cauliflower steak.

Goat cheese caprese: Caprese is normally served with mozzarella.

New beef kebobs: consisting of filet mignon cubes, peppers, radish, squash, resting on confetti rice.

Other new additions available starting in April included:

• Blue crab cakes as appetizer

• Adobe mushrooms

• Campanelle spinach and bacon

• Truffle cauliflower mashed

Permanent addition to menu:

Grouper Oscar entree special