| New Restaurant Brings Brazilian
Fire To Wellington If You’re A
Meat Lover, This Will Be The Place For You
Byline: Georgia Jacoviello
Good news for all meat lovers and
carb counters out there. In August, the Fire of Brazil comes to the
Mall at Wellington Green.
 The new restaurant,
with its meaty menu, will open in the space formerly occupied by
Prezzo’s. Although Wellington and the western communities as a whole
have no shortage of restaurants, this one is different — a nice change
of pace with great food and an interesting concept in presentation.
Fire of Brazil, owned by the
Gilbertson family of Georgia, is a churrascaria, a Brazilian
restaurant specializing in barbecue, which simply put means meat,
meat, and more meat — all the meat one can eat, as a matter of fact.
According to Marketing Director Mary
Lou Rodgers, diners can feast on 15 different types of meat, which are
brought to the table by gaucho-style waiters who present the meats on
skewers. One can enjoy seasoned filet mignon, linguiça (pork sausage),
alcatra (seasoned top sirloin), cordeiro (fresh young leg of lamb)
juicy and sliced right off the bone at one’s table, or frango, a
variety of cuts including chicken legs and breasts wrapped in bacon,
to name a few, all slow-roasted on an open flame and seasoned to
perfection.
What makes it even more of a culinary
treat is the floor show one gets while dining. The gaucho waiters
continually flow through the restaurant carrying choice cuts of
grilled meats, pretty much at one’s beck and call. As a matter of
fact, each diner gets a two-sided card, red on one side and green on
the other. If one is in the mood for food, the card is left with the
green side up. If one has had enough, the red side is turned up, and
the observant gauchos will stop serving.
Non-meat lovers need not worry. Part
of the fixed-price dining experience is a huge salad bar which on
various nights will offer a variety including cold salads and olives,
chilled shrimp, melon slices wrapped in prosciutto, fresh mozzarella,
smoked salmon, and grilled eggplant, as well as hot vegetables and
side dishes. There’s even a bloody mary bar. The meat entrees are also
accompanied by dishes of beans, rice and fried bananas.
For dessert, one can try sinfully
delicious items from Brazilian cheesecake to papaya cream. The dining
experience can be rounded out with a glass of fine wine or an
after-dinner drink.
The Wellington location is the
Gilbertsons’ first foray out of their home state of Georgia, where the
family owns two locations. Rodgers said plans are in the works to open
restaurants in New Orleans, St. Louis, Kansas City and Nashville.
“We thought Wellington would be a
great place to offer five-star dining in an exciting environment that
caters to everyone from large parties to couples to families,” Rodgers
said. “We make sure all our guests enjoy a great meal in a relaxed
atmosphere and strive to ensure each and every diner’s comfort. We
just are looking forward to meeting everyone and watching them enjoy
the taste of the Fire of Brazil as much as we and all of our customers
already do.”
To find out more about this new and
inviting dining concept, visit www.fireofbrazil.com and keep an eye
out for their grand opening. |
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