Grade-A chefs stake a claim - USA TODAY ARTICLE 7/29/2007

Every celeb chef/restaurateur/vintner worth his (seasoned) salt seems to have opened a designer steakhouse to complement his flagship restaurant in recent years. Some of the big-name players (with their flagships in parentheses) include:
David Burke
(davidburke & donatella)

Primehouse, Chicago
Jeffrey Chodorow
(China Grill)
Kobe Club, New York
Tom Colicchio
(Craft)
Craftsteak,
New York and Las Vegas
Bobby Flay
(Mesa Grill)
Bobby Flay Steak, Atlantic City
Emeril Lagasse
(Emeril's)
Delmonico Steakhouse,
Las Vegas
Michael Lomonaco
(formerly Windows on the World)
Porter House, New York
Michael Mina
(Michael Mina's)
StripSteak, Las Vegas
Bradley Ogden
(Lark Creek Inn)
Lark Creek Steak, San Francisco
Charlie Palmer
(Aureole)
Charlie Palmer Steak,
Las Vegas, Reno and
Washington, D.C.
Wolfgang Puck
(Spago)
Cut, Beverly Hills, Calif.
Kevin Rathbun
(Rathbun's)
Kevin Rathbun Steak, Atlanta
Leslie Rudd
(Rudd Vineyards, Dean & Deluca)
Press, St. Helena, Calif.
Kerry Simon
(Simon Kitchen & Bar)
Simon L.A., Los Angeles
Joachim Splichal
(Patina)
Nick & Stef's Steakhouse,
Los Angeles and New York
Alan Stillman
(Smith & Wollensky Restaurant Group)
Quality Meats, New York
Laurent Tourondel
(BLT Restaurants)
BLT Prime, New York; and
BLT Steak, New York, San Juan, Puerto Rico, and Washington, D.C.
Rick Tramonto
(Tru)
Tramonto's Steak & Seafood, Wheeling, Ill.
Jean-Georges Vongerichten
(Jean Georges)
Prime, Las Vegas