Filet mignon is cut from the beef tenderloin, a long, cylindrical muscle that runs along the spine from the short loin to the sirloin. It's not a weight-bearing muscle and doesn't get much work ...

Both have prominent T-shaped bones and are cut from the short loin. And both actually give you two steaks in one: a New York strip on one side of the bone and a filet mignon on the other.

Source: Williams-Sonoma SHORT LOIN: Top Loin Steak, T-Bone Steak, Porterhouse Steak, Filet Mignon. The short loin cut of beef has the most popular cuts around, including porterhouse, T-bone ...

Both cuts are from an area at the back of the cow between the short loin and the round, but the top sirloin is much more tender (it sits right next to the tenderloin). Because it's the prime cut ...