Fogo de Chão Brazilian Steakhouse

We are brazilians and tried many brazilian churrascarias before, but since we were visiting Chicago, we were curious to experience an “American version”. I am happy that we came. Overall, the meat selection is good. It does not have the same variety as traditional churrasco as back home, but it was ok. The main down side for us is that most of the meat cuts were missing seasoning in our opinion, so we had to ask for table salt and it helped a bit. The cuts are fresh and tasty, and being an all-you-can-eat experience, you won’t find a premium steak here, but they for sure match the value that you are paying for. Starting with the salad bar, there is a variety of vegetables and cold cuts. They also bring some hot bites to the table, such as Fried Polenta and Pao de Queijo. The picanha is of course one of the highlights. Bottom sirloin was good as well. The queijo coalho (grilled curd cheese) is always a great confort food, and we were happy to taste it here. We almost skipped the chicken, because hey, we eat a lot of chicken at home, but I am glad that we tried one. The chicken was so well marinated, perfectly grilled, and juicy that it was probably the best option of the entire meal. We visited on a monday at around 3pm, so it was not the peak time, but they still had a good crowd concentrated in one area of the restaurant. That is probably why the service was a bit slow. Some cuts only came one time, and other cuts like Linguiça and Lombinho did not come to our table at all over the nearly 2 hours that we stayed there. We still had plenty of other cuts, and left the place fully satisfied, although we missed some things that we were looking forward to trying there. It was our anniversary, and the server was kind to give us a dessert, which we had no room left for it, but it was so delicious that we finished it all.