Twenty years after it first opened its doors, Benjamin Steakhouse is turning back the clock, at least for a few hours. On October 6, the Midtown steakhouse will resurrect its original 2006 menu, complete with 2006 prices, for one day only at the location where it all began.
The anniversary menu will be served at 52 East 41st Street, the restaurant's original Midtown location, according to Time Out New York. Benjamin Steakhouse was founded in 2006, and the outlet reports the restaurant will bring back its original menu with original prices for a single day to mark the milestone.
The original dining room is on the main floor of the century-old Chemists’ Club building, near Grand Central Terminal. The restaurant’s setting—brass chandeliers, high ceilings and a 10-foot working fireplace—leans into the old-school atmosphere that has long defined Midtown’s steakhouse scene. Benjamin Steakhouse’s history page describes the building and dining room.
The price drop is dramatic. A porterhouse for two, which currently runs $160.95, will be offered for $82.95 on the anniversary menu, per the same report. Porterhouse for three follows a similar path, falling from $242.95 down to $122.95 for the day.
Steaks, Seafood And Starters All Roll Back
The discounts extend well beyond the porterhouse. Rib eye, which currently costs $96.95, will be priced at $40.95, while filet mignon drops from $84.95 to $41.95, the outlet's report notes. That means the rib eye now costs $56 more than it did when Benjamin Steakhouse first opened, a gap the anniversary menu will briefly erase.
Seafood and starters get the same treatment. Jumbo lump crab cakes, currently $31.95, will be $13.95 for the day; tuna tartare falls from $30.95 to $12.95; and Chilean sea bass drops from $60.95 to $32.95, according to the report. Over the past two decades, the porterhouse for two alone has risen $78, giving diners a sense of just how far prices have climbed since the restaurant's early days.
The menu’s price jumps sit against a broader rise in dining costs, though the government’s restaurant-price index is not a steakhouse-specific measure. In the New York-Newark-Jersey City area, the Bureau of Labor Statistics’ food-away-from-home index—which covers restaurant, cafeteria and vending purchases—rose 3.6% over the year through July 2026. The BLS July report details the increase, offering a recent snapshot rather than a direct comparison with Benjamin’s prices over two decades.
A Peter Luger Pedigree Behind The Anniversary
Benjamin Steakhouse is owned by Benjamin Prelvukaj and Benjamin Sinanaj, both of whom previously worked at Peter Luger before striking out on their own, the outlet's report states. On October 6, the restaurant will serve its signature dishes as it did when the dining room first opened, giving longtime regulars and newcomers alike a taste of what a Midtown steak dinner cost back in 2006.
The rolled-back menu and pricing will be available only on October 6, so diners hoping to catch the throwback deal will need to plan around that single date. Reservations for the anniversary event are available through OpenTable, per the report.
