Old Brea Chop House

Walk into Old Brea Chop House and the wine list lands with real weight — dark booths, leather, candlelight, and a 200-plus bottle list that means business. This isn't a steakhouse that slapped a few Cabs on the menu and called it a day. Wine Spectator handed them a Best of Award of Excellence in 2025, and the list earns that credential.

California is the anchor and it's a deep one — Caymus, Silver Oak, Jordan, Stag's Leap, Far Niente, Chateau Montelena, and Grgich Hills all show up, covering the greatest hits of Napa Cabernet and Chardonnay without feeling like a tourist trap. France gets genuine respect too: Chateau Lynch-Bages Pauillac and Louis Jadot Burgundy bring some Old World seriousness to the proceedings. Italy rounds things out with Antinori Tignanello and Marchesi di Barolo Barolo — two bottles that signal someone actually thought about what belongs on a steakhouse list beyond the obvious. The gaps are real — no Oregon Pinot, no meaningful sparkling program visible — but for the core steak-and-wine mission, the list delivers.

Twelve to twenty options by the glass at $12–$18 is a solid spread for a steakhouse in Brea, and the prices are honest for this context. We'd want to see a little more rotation and adventurousness in the glass program — right now it reads like the list's conservative half — but there's enough there to drink well before you commit to a bottle.