Why Is It Called A New York Strip Steak? - Chowhound

Cavan Images/Getty Images In a city that's as storied as New York, you come to expect everything associated with it — including the food — to have some intriguing legend behind it. There were the fights over H&H Bagels and Ray's pizza, the rules at Soup Kitchen International that became so strict they inspired an episode of "Seinfeld," and Joey Chestnut getting booted from Nathan's annual hot dog-eating contest.…