[3] In 1868, a German family established the Old Homestead Steakhouse, then called Tidewater Trading Post, in Manhattan's Meatpacking District on West 14th and 9th Avenue.

[4] In the mid-20th century, a Texan who enjoyed the restaurant told Harry Sherry that he would send him a cow.

In order to be certified, Greg and Marc had to work with Japanese farmers to bring their facilities up to the health code standard in America.

[4] Two additional locations were opened with one in Atlantic City at the Borgata and the other in Las Vegas at Caesars Palace.

[1][5] In 1994, Ruth Reichl of The New York Times stated that "for sheer quantity, nothing can beat the Homestead".