the commissary bangs out a prime rib once a month. for $8 you get a slab of prime rib, some potatoes, veggies, horseradish, au jus. pretend you’re going to the museum.
FWIW, went I went to Alexander’s I enjoyed everything BUT the steak. It was close to when they first opened, so maybe it was opening jitters. But if your promoting yourself as a steakhouse, my steak better not be well done when I order medium rare.
Ironically, I know where to get prime rib in SF, and House of Prime Rib is not it. In fact, HoPR might be last on the list, if it’s on the list at all.
I like quite a few things at the CC (esp. the breakfast burrito), but the prime rib is not one of their better offerings. Makes Lawry’s seem like haute cuisine.
While not prime rib, I just had a fantastic Tomahawk Ribeye at Taylor’s in Koreatown last night. Dee-licious!! They do have prime rib on the menu, though, but I don’t know if I’ve had it recently.
Never have a bad meal there, though!
Now this place is divey as hell, but the San Franciscan down in Torrance (SW quadrant-adjacent of Crenshaw/Sepulveda) does a surprisingly good prime rib. Great value, too. But divey as hell.