I tried this Brazilian Steakhouse on Carrier yesterday at lunch. That is near-ish to the Endless Summer Hotel. Across from where some dinner theater (about Pirates I think) used to be. The non-meat, AYCE price is $39. I think the meat is over $69. There was quite a bit of selection. I tried at least a morsel of these items: potato salad, beef carpaccio, fish ceviche, smoked salmon, chicken salad, hummus (2 types), hearts of palm, tomato and mozzarella, asparagus, Greek Salad, Caesar Salad, pork belly, pesto penne, mashed potatoes, goat cheese, parmagiano reggiano, brie, manchego, salmon sushi, salmon with cc sushi, shrimp with cc sushi, tempura shrimp sushi, shrimp tempura covered with salami sushi, cuscuz paulista with shrimp and bread balls (they brought those). Everything was refilled. There were also: ribs, prosciutto leg (no one was cutting it), salami, gouda, pasta bar, edamame, somonomo, beans, fricasse, brocollini, rice, soup and more salads and stews and vegetables. Decent quality in general. A few things were dry. No forced service charge. Wait staff in white dress shirts and black pants. Black and gold and stained wood interior. Large room with high ceilings broken into sections. Maybe sixteen tables in each area. Varied number of seats. Also a bar area in the front with six tables of two. Large Christmas type ball hangings. Art deco look. The buffet is in the center (below a nice Koons like statue). Sushi and pasta bar in the rear. Window on the right. Cloth napkins and nice tableware. Lots of parking. Only four tables seated. I had been there once before on recon. It was more crowded then. Also at lunch. I suspect what I suspected all along that the price point may be too high and the location a bit off the grid. If you can force feed yourself (with the expensive stuff) like I can then perhaps it isn't a poor proposition. I went hard on the smoked salmon, carpaccio and sushi. I think they have been open for two months. Opens at noon.
*I saw that the sushi place on Kirkman had finally opened. It may have been called Sushi Yama?
**A few updates on Aldi's corruption of their Winn Dixie take over - A baguette has shrunk to 18". Thinner too. The bag is 26". Says it is $3.18 an pound. Didn't list actual weight. Can't remember what it had been. Just know that it didn't used to fit in my cupboard. Now it will. Roast chicken and water are up. They play the mark up/mark down game big time on wine. Their "pringles" also are shrinking in diameter. They aren't close to can sized anymore. Probably 70% of that girth.
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