In the United States, Brazilian food is identified most commonly with restaurants specializing in a style of barbecue known as churrascaria. Traditionally, the gauchos of southwestern Brazil would cook their meat over an open pit and take samples around to others, offering the best of each herd in a sign of generosity. As a dramatic display of technical skill, these cowboys would carve the meat in front of their guests using a long field knife. And for the people that don’t like to eat meat these restaurants has an amazing salad bar.

Brazilian Steakhouses or churrascarias are very well accepted overseas, especially in US. There are over 100 Brazilian restaurants established in US. They’re mainly located in cities where the concentration of Brazilian people is bigger.

Some of these restaurants became very famous after a while, such as Fogo de Chão e Texas de Brazil. Those restaurants came to US to be on top of the list. They invest in their infrastructure, the atmosphere is perfect, and the concept is new, the food is well prepared and delicious and the customer service is the best they can offer.

The only complain about this kind of restaurant is the high prices. But this kind of place you go once in while, so doesn’t matter if you have to pay a little bit more sometimes.

In fact, if you intend to go there and appreciate the food and don’t want to spend too much money you can go for lunch,

That’s going to save you half price in comparison to dinner.

As Yahoo! Local said about Fogo de Chão

“Fogo de Chão is a paradise for meat lovers! Diners can exploit the all-you-can eat service to the maximum with its wide range of salads, Brazilian side dishes, vegetables and of course sizzling fire-cooked meats. Traditional Brazilian drinks and desserts complete the meal and a 27 foot tall wine cellar should reassure any wine lover. Don’t forget to try their decadent signature dessert, Papaya Cream.”

As Yahoo! Local said about Texas de Brazil

“Treat yourself to our sumptuous fifty item salad area including appetizers, soups, salads and side items. Enjoy the house baked Brazilian cheese bread and our signature cocktail, the Caipirinha. Let one of our in-house wine connoisseurs select the perfect wine pairing from our extensive, award-winning wine list. Turn your card to green and prepare to be swarmed by a troop of carvers generously serving various cuts of sizzling Angus beef, lamb, pork, chicken, and Brazilian sausage. These delicious cuts are slow roasted over an open flame and accompanied by garlic mashed potatoes and sweet fried bananas. Try one of our a la carte items: Australian cold water lobster tail and Brazilian shrimp cocktail. Enjoy a dessert selection, then relax with an after dinner drink, espresso, or hand rolled cigar. With service, feasting, and an ambience as such, it is more than fine dining…it is Texas de Brazil.”

I’ve personally been in both of them many times and in my opinion Fogo de Chão has a better service than Texas de Brazil. There’s this time I was having dinner in Fogo de Chão at Beverly hill’s location with my co-workers and there were so many people serving our table that I started to freak out a little bit. We had to flip to RED to give us time to eat some of the food before they bring us more. We had a great time that night.