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The phrase “casual dining” often brings to mind the likes of (shudder) Applebee’s or Olive Garden. But when Peter Kay, co-owner of the popular Angelo & Maxie’s Steakhouse, uses the phrase to describe his new bar/restaurant offshoot, he’s certainly not aligning it with any soul-sucking chain restaurant. “It’s for our clientele who aren’t looking for a heavy steak dinner, or don’t necessarily want to wait in line too long,” he says. So, even though the venue’s bright lighting, loud music and flat-screen TVs may evoke a Midwest sports bar, the menu is more philosophically aligned with its A&M counterpart. A “burger tier” ($55), a take-off on Angelo’s seafood tier, features 30 different sliders stacked on a triple-tier serving dish; meanwhile, Kay’s specialty dish, a coffee burger topped with roasted shallots and encrusted with a herb-coffee coating, also has upscale roots. Caffeinated beef? TGIF can only wish it thought of that. 

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