This fine-dining restaurant has a $225 steak. It’s opening a 2nd location — in Star, ID?
Small-town Star will get infused with big-time restaurant ambition next year.
Shaking up the dining scene, Anderson Prime Steakhouse plans to open at 10206 W. State St. The huge, two-story building will include outdoor rooftop seats, a speakeasy and cigar lounge, a butcher shop and ample parking that includes — why not? — special golf cart spaces.
How do we know this? Because the city of Star is so gleeful that it shared details on its Facebook page. At a recent City Council meeting, the post proclaims, “we approved something very exciting.”
A suburb of Boise located between Eagle and Middleton, Star is growing. Some might say blowing up. If you’re a wary Idaho native getting a bougie, newcomer-invasion vibe from this planned protein mecca, realize that the development comes with a slightly rural edge.
Anderson Prime Steakhouse will be a sister operation to Anderson Reserve, a unique, upscale restaurant opened in 2019 inside a barn on acreage in Sweet. A scenic road-trip destination for Boise steak lovers — it’s also a butchery — Anderson Reserve describes itself as “fine country dining at its best.”
Not that you’ll find many tractors parked outside. There’s a special “James Bond Tour” — a luxury helicopter trip from Caldwell that lands right on the Anderson Reserve property. And mega-celebrity Post Malone — who certainly got around in Idaho during a December leisure visit — puffed a smoke at Anderson Reserve’s whiskey-stocked Cigar Silo.
“Owner Paul Anderson and his family bring decades of experience to this exciting project,” the city of Star posted on social media. “With the success of Anderson Reserve, they’re now bringing that expertise to Star. Paul hopes to open the restaurant in June 2026.”
If the Steakhouse’s menu winds up similar to the Reserve’s, locals accustomed to wolfing chili burgers at Star Country Cafe will need to dust off their wallets.
Anderson Reserve specializes in quality meats — particularly beef that gets dry-aged in-house. Dinner entrees, which come with sides, range from Anderson’s Chicken Dinner ($46; all prices from the website) and Braised Short Rib ($68) to Surf and Turf ($62) and a USDA Prime Dry Aged Bone-In Ribeye ($68 for the 16-ounce Cowgirl, $94 for the 24-ounce Cowboy — or $225 for the titanic, 54-ounce Tomahawk).
Anderson Reserve rates 3.4 out of 5.0 on Yelp and 4.3 out of 5.0 stars on Google.
With no end in sight for out-of-state migration to the Treasure Valley, the concept of an Anderson Prime Steakhouse seems less eyebrow-raising by the second. Roll up in your six-seat golf cart, light up a stogie with the crew and order a filet mignon.
Welcome to Star. Maybe you’ll even run into Post Malone.
“Many of you have been asking for an upscale, homegrown restaurant in Star,” the city posted, “and it’s finally happening!”
This story was originally published January 29, 2025 at 11:43 AM.