Why this room is hard Why Peter Luger is hard to book Since 1887 this Williamsburg room has run on its own terms. There is one famous porterhouse， one room， give your name， a small dining room， and sit down to the porterhouse. We handle the part that makes everyone else give up. One steak， same date， which is exactly why a table here still feels earned. We watch the moment the window opens and we watch the cancellations that follow， and a level of demand that fills weekend tables weeks before the night you want. The booking window opens a month out and the prime seven o'clock seats are spoken for almost immediately. There is no easy back door and no quiet Tuesday loophole， no shortcuts. We find the seat anyway. ， never a substitute. You arrive， then we secure the table in your name for the night you actually want. Same room，。