it has been quite a while since i have had a brazilian meatfest, er, churrascaria! years, in fact, since i used to go with a large group of friends to churrascaria plataforma in midtown west — stuffing ourselves full of food and wine served in magnums and imperials.  (i love dining with josh!)

we decided to ring up tanya to go to churrascaria riodizio tribeca, which is just across town from us.

the most important thing i can tell you about the experience? none of us can eat like we used to.

this restaurant is a lot smaller than its bretheren — located in an oversized brownstone on west broadway. the bar is pushed to the right as you walk in with a small, controlled temp wine room on the left. the dining room expands as you walk forward with the misnamed “salad bar” tucked in all the way to the right and the dining area extending all the way to white street on the left.

alison and i got a bottle of wine — a flavourful pinoit noir from santa cruz, ca.

we all worked through the “salad bar” with asparagus risotto being at the top of my list of favourites and other dishes including: marinated mushrooms, cold asparagus salad, tortellini, cold seafood salad and a red bean and chorizo dish. yum!

then we hit the meat! we turned our coasters from “red” to “green” and were deluged by succulent meat variations. i really enjoyed the pork tenderloin and the flank steak.

too full for dessert… go figure.