***** Here’s What You Need to Know ***** From an American Tourist

• The entrance isn’t as well-marked as for the seafood restaurant to the right. There is an elevator on the left side and stairs further left.

• You get a plastic card when you come in, one for each person. You will need it to exit.

• You’re probably the only #Americans in the place.

• On a Friday afternoon, it was empty at 12:00 and packed by 1:00.

• Dramatic, high ceilings, you stay cool even on a hot day.

• The place has a purposeful NE Brazil vibe. Think their cowboy country around Minas Gerais.

• A real mixed clientele, suits at one table, tank tops and flip flops at another.

• You pick a table AFTER getting your food.

• You take a plate and go down either side of two very long cafeteria-style rows. I couldn’t figure out if they are one way or not.

• There are small English translations of the Portuguese descriptions of the food items. “carne de sol” is “sun-dried beef.” Think shoe leather. However, you’re bound to find options you like.

• Your plate is weighed and you are charged by the #kilo no matter if it’s #picanha or beans.

• There are gaucho-themed servers who will take your drink orders at your table using the four-digit number on your card. Yes, they have Diet Coke.

• You pay by tapping your cards on machines on the wall on the way out. Then you drop your cards in the slots at the exit turnstiles.

• 2 of us got out for ~ $30 which included a #mojito and dessert.

• I’m dead serious, you can nap in a hammock on your way out.

• I’m glad we tried it. Nothing like it in the States. Not sure if I go back. Maybe try the seafood place next time.