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Restaurant review: Rodizio Grill is a Brazilian meatfest

Unlike at a typical restaurant, the combination of items on a plate at the Rodizio Grill is likely to change throughout the meal as servers make their rounds offering different meats to try.
Unlike at a typical restaurant, the combination of items on a plate at the Rodizio Grill is likely to change throughout the meal as servers make their rounds offering different meats to try. Unlike at a typical restaurant, the combination of items on a plate at the Rodizio Grill is likely to change throughout the meal as servers make their rounds offering different meats to try.

By Cindy Deifenderfer 5 min read

If you go

› Where: Rodizio Grill at Hamilton Place, 2100 Hamilton Place Blvd., Suite 201› Hours: 11 a.m.-9:30 p.m. Sunday-Thursday; 11 a.m.-10 p.m. Friday-Saturday› Prices: $15.99 to $32.99› Phone: 423-498-3999

Ordinarily I wouldn’t suggest that one knowingly enter a building in which multiple adult males are regularly approaching you with large, sharp-edged butcher knives in one hand and long, sword-like skewers loaded with semi-rare chunks of animal meat in the other. But at Rodizio Grill, the Brazilian Steakhouse inside Hamilton Place, those weapon-wielding meat merchants are actually your new best friends and you’ll be happy to invite a steady stream of them to your table.

For those who’ve never visited an all-you-can-eat churrascaria-style Brazilian steakhouse, the main attraction is, of course, meat. Lots of meat. A vegan’s worst nightmare.

But to get the proverbial meat ball rolling, one first has to order “the full Rodizio” ($21.99 during lunch, $23.99 at brunch, $32.99 for dinner), which includes the impressive unlimited Brazilian sides, gourmet salads and rotisserie-grilled meats. If you’re not up for the full Rodizio, you can opt for the unlimited salads and Brazilian sides only ($15.99 at lunchtime, $16.99 at brunch, $22.99 at dinner). The cold salad selection is extensive and fresh, and the hot bar features, in addition to staples like mashed potatoes, traditional Brazilian dishes such as feijoada (a black bean and sausage stew) and couve (sauteed collard greens and bacon). Everything is so attractive and delicious-looking that it would be easy to overindulge here and leave little room for the main attraction, so enjoy with caution if you’ve come for the meats.

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