Tucanos Brazilian Grill
The first thing that comes to mind, when I think of Brazilian food is the TMI movie scene from, “Bridesmaids”, where the women get food poisoning. Thankfully, Tucanos Brazilian Grill in Salt Lake City, UT has reinvented the meaning of Brazilian food with something wonderful.
The first thing, you should know about eating unlimited Brazilian meat is the cue, which resembles a traffic light: Green = Go (keep the meat coming) & Red = Stop (waiting to digest my food or I’m gonna burst if I eat another bite). It might seem silly going into great detail about this tiny cue, but it informs the waiter whether or not your table are ready to continue (what feels like) an endless assortment of Brazilian-style meat.
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How can you go wrong with $20.95 Tucanos Famous Churrasco which includes: assorted breads, fried bananas, unlimited salad festival & the full Churrasco selections? It took awhile for our waiters to arrive with enough Brazilian meat to feed our table of 10+ people, but once they got into the dinner rush groove, it felt like the meat just kept coming (insert that’s what she said). Every time the waiter came by with those long metal sticks stuffed with meat, I found myself raising my hand so I could sample another piece of meat; I couldn’t believe what was happening, my stomach was telling me to stop, but my inner carnivore was afraid of missing out on the appetizing pieces of meat presented to me.
I’m absolutely thrilled with my Tucanos Brazilian Grill experience & was so happy I wasn’t the one who drove us back to our hotels, I spent that time getting used to my Brazilian food baby.
If I’m ever visiting Salt Lake City, one of the first places I plan on revisiting is Tucanos Brazilian Grill, but I’ll be prepared & wear stretchy pants next time.
Originally published on August 9, 2012.
