The owner of a restaurant in Albany, New York, is suing the state of Texas over the name of a piece of meat. The man is seeking $1 million after Texas Lieutenant Governor Dan Patrick proposed to rename the New York Strip steak as the Texas Strip.

After Dan Patrick, the lieutenant governor of Texas, announced his plans to rebrand the New York Strip steak as the “Texas strip” on X last week, a couple of New York restaurants, including the one that claims to have given the steak its current name,

A New York restaurant owner said he filed a lawsuit this month after Lt. Gov. Dan Patrick called on the Texas Senate to change the name of the New York Strip steak to the "Texas Strip."

Now, Texas Lt. Governor Dan Patrick says he wants to change the name of a steak. In a post to X on Friday afternoon, Patrick said a resolution will be filed to rename the “New York Strip” to the “Texas Strip” at restaurants and grocery stores here in the Lone Star State.

Texas Lt. Gov. Dan Patrick urges the state to adopt 'Texas strip' to rebrand the beef industry, saying, "Liberal New York shouldn't get the credit."

Texas Lt. Gov. Dan Patrick wants to change the name of the New York Strip. He says calling it a Texas Strip will help promote beef from the Lone Star State. Patrick says a concurrent resolution to make the change will be filed in the Texas Senate.

Texas Lt. Gov. Dan Patrick (R) wants to reclaim one of America’s most popular cuts of beef to acknowledge the Lone Star State’s cattlemen: New York strip, meet the Texas strip. “Liberal New York shouldn’t get the credit for our hard-working ranchers,