Neighborhood: Center City
Parking: Valet parking at dinner, $18.
Handicap access: Wheelchair accessible.
Handicap access: Wheelchair accessible.
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In the Brazilian all-you-can-eat meat palace, gauchos serve with gusto. The show is first-rate, the main course less satisfying.
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Cuisine type: Brazilian; Steak House
Meals Served:
Lunch - Mon. thru Fri.
Dinner - Mon. thru Sun.
Style:
Carnivores go wild at the city's first upscale churrascaria, an all-you-can eat Brazilian chain that has transformed the old J.E. Caldwell store into a spectacular dining space. The meats aren't fabulous, but the gauchos' tableside showmanship, the grand ambience, and the wine list add up to an undeniably fun one-time experience. Lunch is an especially fair bargain.
Specialties:
Meats: picanha (sirloin); fraldinha (bottom sirloin); alcatra (top sirloin); frango (chicken).
Alcohol:
With 5,000 bottles on the wall, wine is a major attraction - especially lusty reds that pair well with grilled meats. Think South America (Argentinian Trapiche malbec, $48; Chilean Primus red, $55) for value and gusto.
Weekend noise:
A very, very noisy 89 decibels. (Ideal is 75 decibels or less.)
Hours: Lunch Monday -Friday, 11:30 a.m.-2:30 p.m. Dinner Monday-Thursday, 5:30-10 p.m.; Friday, 5:30-10:30 p.m.; Saturday, 4:30-10:30 p.m.; Sunday, 4-9:30 p.m.
Prices:
$$$$
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