Prime rib refers to the cut of meat. It is usually a single rib (and meat) cut from a standing rib roast, which comes from the posterior 6th-12th ribs.
USDA Prime is a grade of meat. Most Prime grade meat is bought by high end restaurants and steak houses, although Omaha steaks advertises prime beef on line. You are unlikely to get prime grade at a mid range or lower cost restaurant. First of all, it is somewhat hard to get, and expensive even for a restaurant. Second, they probably couldn't sell it----would you pay $45 for a steak at a local "Diner, drive-in, or dive"??? (No offense to Guy Fieri's new establishment)
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