Hunting Creek Steak Opens in Old Town Alexandria

Hunting Creek Steak has opened at 1106 King St. in Old Town Alexandria. The gourmet steakhouse, helmed by Michael Nayeri, quietly opened for business last Tuesday, and is starting off with dinner service.

The restaurant is open Tuesday through Sunday, opening at 5 p.m. for dinner Tuesday-Saturday and at 4 p.m. on Sundays.

You can make reservations online or by calling (703) 836-5126.

The dinner menu includes hormone and antibiotic-free beef: steak, filet of beef, ribeye, New York steak and porterhouse from Roseda Farm in Monkton, Md. Other entrees include Manicotti with Spinach and Ricotta in Tomato and Mozzarella Sauce, cheeseburgers, a fish of the day, salmon, chicken dishes and pork chops. Entree prices range from $15 to $35. The menu also includes appetizers (including Fried Clams-Ipswich), salads (including Fresh Mozzarella and Tomato) and desserts (including chocolate mousse). The restaurant includes a full bar.

Here’s more about the new restaurant from an earlier story on Patch about the endeavor:

Michael Nayeri got his start in the kitchen in the ‘80s, with award-winning uber-Chef Roberto Donna when they worked together at a restaurant called Romeo and Juliet in DC, and later at the famed Galileo restaurant.

Eleven years ago on Christmas Eve, Nayeri opened A La Lucia, at 315 Madison St. in Alexandria, named for his wife and serving up mainly Italian food.

Now, Nayeri has big plans to open a steak house in Old Town, at 1106 King St.

Nayeri is in the process of changing the restaurant’s interior, to make it more warm and inviting, he said. A cocktail lounge will be located upstairs with a small dining area, with the main dining room located at street level and courtyard dining during the warmer months on the inviting patio.

He plans to use Angus beef from Roseda Farm in Maryland and Creekstone Farms in Kansas. Steaks will be seasoned with rosemary and garlic and flame cooked over a 600-degree charcoal grill. Nayeri says his personal favorite cut is bone-in New York strip.

In addition to steaks, seafood will also be featured on the menu including grilled calamari, oysters, crab cocktail and more.

Nayeri hopes to begin hiring soon; he’s waiting on the usual applications and licenses to go through.

The location was the former home of Notting Hill; prior to that it was home to Le Gaulois, which closed in 2009.