Fogo de Chao's: A Review
This past Saturday we chose to celebrate life by going to one of Indy’s newest venues, Fogo de Chao’s, right off of East Washington Street, downtown. Our first impression, that being of their location and architecture, was great. The renovated space is large enough to hold up to 300 guests in their main dining area, and the building is pristine from the inside out. Clean and impressive structure. The service was remarkable. We had 6:30pm reservations, and we were sat, without wait, as soon as we gave our name. Once sat, the eating frenzy began almost immediately. Upon first site of their beautiful salad bar (yes, I did describe the “salad” bar as beautiful), I couldn’t resist grabbing my first plate and sampling every item that I could fit. Yet I knew what the main course entailed so I made sure to not stock up too much on these items (learn from this wisdom!).
After sampling the salad bar, the feasting of 15 different meats ranging from parmesean pork to house sirloin to bacon wrapped chicken filet to side of lamb (etc), began. All cuts were fantastic and struck the palate with unique and intriguing punches (this is me acting like I know something about palate’s). The service, once again, was wonderful. Always on time, the teamwork displayed by the entire serving staff was on top of our every want and need, no question about it. The service made the meal enjoyable and freeing. No work required by us. Every meat was cooked to perfection, and the staff was readily available to answer any questions about side dishes we received and/or the salad bar combinations. As for the rest, the deserts were delectable. We sampled the volcano brownie (nicknamed this by us because it looked like a volcano and oozed chocolate). For opinion on this desert, take all previous positive adjectives and place them in front of this as well.
Overall, Fogo de Chao’s was a great restaurant. Support the restaurant as these type of venues are just what Indy needs in order to continue it’s growth in culture and attractiveness (sure beats instituting a home-made China Town…what?). One last note, be prepared to pay $50-$60 a person and be prepared to not even care.
