You’d expect a perfectly cooked steak at any of the Restaurant Week Boston spots that specialize in such things (we’re looking at you, Boston Chops, Strega Prime and Grill 23) but think outside the steakhouse for a deliciously meaty meal.

Tamo – Flat iron steak with local pea greens and fries

Gaslight – Painted Hills steak a la planche with red potato hache, farm stand vegetables and charred pepper vinaigrette

The Fireplace – Grandma Gladys’s grilled flank steak  with Boston baked beans and garlicky broccoli

Sophia’s Grotto – 6oz petite filet mignon over mashed potatoes and arugula topped with a creamy sambuca mushroom sauce

La Morra – Bistecca alla Griglia – wood grilled hanger steak with mushroom sugo, garlic chickpea fries and arugula

Back Bay Harry’s – Grilled flat iron steak with bacon-onion vinaigrette, Swiss chard and griddled garlic polenta