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Wednesday, March 4, 2009

Review: Churrasco BBQ & Steakhouse

The appetizers are agreeable, but the seafood dissapoints during a visit to the Springfield Ave. Brazilian barbecue spot.

Churrasco BBQ & Steakhouse visually spices up its portion of Springfield Avenue. Clay-colored awnings shelter curtained windows, and strings of white lights drape the doorway.  It’s festive and welcoming—inside and out. We were seated us at a table against the stone and burnt orange wall surrounding the dining room. The room is narrow, with no more than 20 tables, but it’s warm and pleasantly Portuguese, with paintings of the homeland on the walls. The room was half full on a Friday night with most tables filled with families. Make sure to check out the pedestal sink tucked away in a tiled alcove to the left of the front door. It gives guests no excuse to come or to leave with sticky fingers. Churrasco (Portuguese for barbecued meat) …

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