Ruth's Chris Steak House is a restaurant chain, to be sure, but it's also well known for offering up high-quality, well-cooked, and to be frank, expensive, food. It's a special occasion type of place, ...

Ruth's Chris traces its beginnings to 1965, when single mother, Ruth Fertel, mortgaged her home to invest in Chris Steak House in New Orleans. After a fire destroyed the restaurant in 1976, Fertel was ...