Patrick Thomas

It's old-timey.

It's kind of got the wooden exterior.

The floors are creaking when you walk in.

You've kind of got that brassy Sinatra type of music, old-world type of steakhouse.

My family still lives out there.

My brother was actually graduating high school.

You know, so a 11-ounce filet, $62.

A bone-in ribeye, 25 ounces, that's going to be about $90.

That seems expensive for Nebraska.

And the tomahawk, that's $137.

I went to the restaurant's Yelp page to find a picture of what the menu looked like 10 years ago, and it's about double from what it was 10 years ago.

Why is beef so expensive?

Beef is a very complex supply chain, but the answer is very simple.

We don't have enough cattle in this country right now.

You have the bull running into the ring, who kind of trots out right away, he's kicking up some of the manure, and sometimes, you know, he runs by and the manure will kind of fly up a little bit, so you got to be careful if you're in the front row.

You have guys been described as vicious because you'll have, you know, sometimes personal vendettas take place if they want to drive the price higher on somebody.

Historically, cattle ranching has been one of the hardest jobs in agriculture.

The profit margins have been, largely for the most of history, pretty lackluster.

There's always boom and bust cycles.

But historically, it's a tough business.