'Steak' out the Stockyards for Father's Day fare

On Father's Day, the Stockyards become the Steakyards.

Four solid steakhouses line Exchange Avenue at North Main Street. You can pay more somewhere else, but if Dad wants beef, try the north side:

The Star Cafe might have the city's best chicken-fried steak. It serves lemon-grilled steaks, similar to Hoffbrau's. It's open daily for lunch and nights, except Sundays, for dinner; 111 W. Exchange Ave., 817-624-8701.

H3 Ranch serves steaks at breakfast on weekends, perfect before the Fort Worth Herd cattle drive. It's inside the Stockyards Hotel at 105 E. Exchange Ave.; 817-624-1246, h3ranch.com.

Riscky's Steakhouse is a historic restaurant known for calf fries and its famous kapusta soup; 120 E. Exchange Ave., 817-624-4800, risckys.com.

Cattlemen's is the trail boss. It's been around 60 years, and still has charcoal-broiled tenderloins and that familiar house sesame salad dressing from the old Mac's House. It now opens at noon Sundays and stays open daily for lunch and dinner; 2458 N. Main St., 817-624-3945, cattlemenssteakhouse.com.

Besides Dad's party, there's a birthday to celebrate this weekend.

The Malt Shop, the classic 1958 burger drive-in in Weatherford, turns 50.

All day Saturday, the Malt Shop will turn back the calendar. Check out the prices:

Burgers, 50 cents, Cokes, 5 cents.

Homemade ice cream, 15 cents.

The Malt Shop is a great stop for the ice cream and old-school burgers. It's open for lunch and dinner daily at 2028 Fort Worth Highway (U.S. 180), just east of Hudson Oaks on the corner at Farm Road 730; 817-594-2524.