Rio's Churrascaria Restaurant Review:
Never arrive at a Brazilian steakhouse with anything but an empty stomach. This 10,000-square-foot high-ceilinged Gramercy Park eatery is home to a dozen knife-wielding waiters who wander the room as part of a perpetual meat procession, dropping nearly the entire cow onto the plates of the willing. Juicy top sirloin, bacon-wrapped filet mignon, flank, skirt, beef rib and prime rib (as well as...
Porcão, the famous churrascaria from Rio de Janeiro meets New York City, serving up tableside its legendary Amazon-size chunks of dozens of kinds of grilled meat. In this 11,000-square-foot space as you would expect there can be found an ample salad bar with dozens of offerings and sushi as in the Rio restaurants. When you get stuffed, flip your coaster from green to red, indicating you can eat...
Enormous, Brazilian rodizio style churrascaria with those fun service speed cards to let your Brazilian waiter know just how fast you want to gorge on succulent cuts of beef and pork. Stroll over to the salad bar for starches and greens when risk of heart attack runs high. Rolling caipirinha cart to wash down the sizzling churrasco. This place is enormous and has tables for dozens of people,...
A popular Brazilian chain brings a carnivore's Carnaval to New York.:
The Scene
Like the restaurant, the statuesque beauties at the hostess stand are imported from Gisele Bundchen's homeland. Other transporting touches include the black-and-white floor...