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West County Man Brings a Piece of Brazil to Clayton
Brazilian steak house's are nothing like what you've seen before.
Sam Barakat, a native St. Louisian, opened his first Brazilian steak house, Gaucho's Brazilian Steakhouse, in Valparaiso, Indiana in 2005 after falling in love with the concept. “Ten years ago my wife took me to a Brazilian steak house in Chicago. I didn’t have any clue what it was about. There’s Brazilian restaurants, then there’s Brazilian steak houses,” he said. He was blown away by the concept—gorgeous hunks of meat, lightly seasoned and grilled to perfection over a mesquite wood fire. The meat is brought straight from the grill to your plate by servers who roam the restaurant with fresh skewers of steak, pork or chicken. Barakat said that each bite should be just as hot and sizzling as the next. He wanted to move back to St. Louis to …
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2:37 pm on Wednesday, January 23, 2013
Great Place and awesome food. The service was impressive, so was the variety of their salad bar. The owner is very welcoming and friendly. more ›