 "Bistecca alla fiorentina" is a well-known specialty of Florence; it is typically served with just a salad.From the 1960s onward, economic gains allowed more Italians to afford a red meat diet.In Mexico, as well as in Spain and other former Spanish colonies, "bistec" (a Spanish loanword from English "beefsteak") refers to dishes of salted and peppered beef sirloin strips.