On June 13, Brazilian steak house Texas de Brazil overtook a 24,000-square-foot space just west of the Magnificent Mile. Already, the venue has been used for private events hosted by groups like the National Association of Black Journalists and AIDSCare.
Tucked amidst shops, hotels, and other big-scale eateries, the restaurant offers a flat-rate menu of all-you-can-eat meat. Costumed gauchos parade around the dining room with an endless array of food, including bacon-wrapped chicken breast and Brazilian sausage, which is served table-side. For less meat-friendly diners, a giant salad bar offers 75 items (think imported cheeses and marinated portobello mushrooms); there's also a sushi bar and a selection of soups.Filled with red hues, wrought-iron chandeliers, and terrazzo floors, the restaurant's decor is meant to evoke an old-time Brazilian factory. Groups have the option of dining in one of seven private rooms, which spread over the venue's two levels. Just past the main entrance, the Brazilian Room seats 60 guests; next door, the smaller V.I.P. room can accommodate 25. The lower-level rooms open out onto a lounge filled with imported Balinese furniture and an illuminated onyx bar.
Upstairs, five side-by-side spaces separated by sliding doors range in size from the Rio Room, which seats 25, to the Amazon Room, which holds 40. The rooms can also be combined to form a long space that seats 175. The upstairs area features a separate bar, also made of illuminated onyx.
The centerpiece of the restaurant—and its most unusual feature—is a soaring, two-story wine cellar enclosed in glass. Inside the cellar, trained acrobats called "aerial wine artists" perform flips as they navigate the 1,350-bottle wine collection in a harness, retrieving diners' selections and passing the bottles off to servers who stand on a platform at the top of the cellar.
Tucked amidst shops, hotels, and other big-scale eateries, the restaurant offers a flat-rate menu of all-you-can-eat meat. Costumed gauchos parade around the dining room with an endless array of food, including bacon-wrapped chicken breast and Brazilian sausage, which is served table-side. For less meat-friendly diners, a giant salad bar offers 75 items (think imported cheeses and marinated portobello mushrooms); there's also a sushi bar and a selection of soups.Filled with red hues, wrought-iron chandeliers, and terrazzo floors, the restaurant's decor is meant to evoke an old-time Brazilian factory. Groups have the option of dining in one of seven private rooms, which spread over the venue's two levels. Just past the main entrance, the Brazilian Room seats 60 guests; next door, the smaller V.I.P. room can accommodate 25. The lower-level rooms open out onto a lounge filled with imported Balinese furniture and an illuminated onyx bar.
Upstairs, five side-by-side spaces separated by sliding doors range in size from the Rio Room, which seats 25, to the Amazon Room, which holds 40. The rooms can also be combined to form a long space that seats 175. The upstairs area features a separate bar, also made of illuminated onyx.
The centerpiece of the restaurant—and its most unusual feature—is a soaring, two-story wine cellar enclosed in glass. Inside the cellar, trained acrobats called "aerial wine artists" perform flips as they navigate the 1,350-bottle wine collection in a harness, retrieving diners' selections and passing the bottles off to servers who stand on a platform at the top of the cellar.
The salad bar
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Upstairs, five side-by-side dining rooms can be combined to seat 175 guests.
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The downstairs V.I.P. room can seat 25 guests.
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The lower-level lounge is filled with furniture imported from Bali.
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A salad bar offers 75 items, which range from imported cheeses to marinated veggies.
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