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Rio Brazilian Grill

1 post · May 14, 2003

Donald T.May 14, 2003
 Just took my wife to Rio Brazilian Grill tonight, despite the MSG
 warning.  Short review: a bit pricey, but we'll probably be back.

 Some observations:

 (a) They've raised their prices a bit: $22 for adults, $13 (?) for
     children under 4'6", and $7 for ones under 3'6" (or somesuch).
     Unlike at other all-you-can-eat places, standard tipping is
     expected (and quite reasonable, given how much the waitstaff
     does!)

 (b) My wife has strong reaction to MSG; there was almost certainly
     none in the food we had, but we did have some digestive-tract
     irritation afterward.  It may have merely been the large amount
     of salt?

 (c) Very tasty.  There was:
     - their usual 8 or so side dishes (the potato salad. beef&bean stew,
       and garlic bread were particularly tasty)
     - the following grilled items on skewers:
       o sausage sliced into little discs (which my wife loved)
       o pineapple wedges
       o salt-crusted tri-tip (really nice)
       o pepper steak w/bacon
       o beef sirloin (I think)
       o at least one other beef cut
       o shrimp (probably "25-30 per pound" size)
       o chicken
       o vegetables (zucchini, onion, green & red bell peppers)
       o turkey breast w/bacon
       o corn-on-the-cob with butter (about 1" thick discs)
       o chicken hearts

     There may have been one or two other grilled items, but I can't
     remember them right now.

     We didn't have room for dessert, so no review of that... sorry.

 (d) Only two other parties there when we arrived at 8:00
     (three and two people); a party of seven arrived shortly after
     we started eating.

 (e) The hours listed on Seattle Times' Datebook are slightly incorrect
     (they're closed on Mondays, open from 5-9 on Tuesdays... overheard
     the waiter say that they were busiest on Fridays and Saturdays, so
     presumably that's when they're open latest)
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