When Joseph Palladino co-founded Nick & Sam’s in 1999, he helped establish the template for what a Dallas steakhouse could be — loud, celebratory, thick with regulars, the kind of room that feeds off its own energy. He eventually moved on from that partnership, spent years building other concepts including the Coal Vines pizza chain, and then did something unexpected: he went to New York and opened a steakhouse at Grand Central Terminal. Palladino’s Steak & Seafood launched in September at the historic Grand Central space that last housed Michael Jordan’s restaurant, and it became one of the year’s most talked-about New York openings almost immediately. Now it’s coming home.
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