Red, the Steakhouse opening Downtown

Touting accolades from Esquire and Playboy on its website, Red, the Steakhouse is poised to open next week in the U.S. Steel Tower at 600 Grant St., a 200-seat restaurant that’s aims to bring sexy back.

The restaurant group launched in Cleveland, expanded to Miami and Boca Raton, Fla. — closed the latter in 2014 — and has regrouped to take on midsized cities such as Indianapolis and Pittsburgh.

“It looks sexy and feels sophisticated,” says David Schneider, corporate operations manager for the group, emphasizing the “total hospitality experience,” from the host stand to the busser.

The menu starts with raw bar items and steak tartare, then moves into follow-up courses like Caesar salad or linguine with white clam sauce. Main courses like wet- and dry-aged Certified Angus beef are the stars of the menu. Especially when it comes to steak, “You’re paying for quality,” Mr. Schneider says.

Beef is categorized by USDA Prime, Certified Angus Beef brand Prime ($48 for an 8-ouncefilet to $55 for a 14-ounce New York strip), and Certified Angus Beef ($42 for an 8-ounce filet to $59 for a 24-ounce porterhouse). But the wow order is a 40-day dryaged branded Prime rib-eye, a 16ounce serving for $61.

Also look for blue cheese additions and sauces like peppercorn or bearnaise. Sides range from green beans and pancetta, or trufflewhipped potatoes, to parsley and garlic frites, or macaroni and cheese.

Red’s South Beach location occasionally features Kobe beef. Red is also embraced in Cleveland: When it opened Downtown back in 2011, the Cleveland Plain Dealer said it was destination dining with a capital D.