Fogo De Chao

Sunday started Restaurant Week in the mini-apple and I was able to get reservations at Fogo de Chao. Yes I have been there before but made the exception to go back.

I guess that everybody knows that this restaurant is a carnivore’s delight. There is not a cut of beef that they do not bring to the table and each one better then the last. It amazes me that most of the people take their place at the salad bar, and load up on the tasty treats rather than taking advantage of the endless meat selections I overheard the table behind me tell the waiter, no bread, no sides and no salad bar…now that is a true carnivore!

I do have one suggestion for the restaurant and that is…go a little easy on the salt. If you get an outside cut of meat the flavor is ruined by the amount of salt they use, be smart and go for inside cuts. The wait staff is more than eager to oblige.

One last comment the cheesecake is more then delish it is outstanding


Minneapolis

645 Hennepin Ave., Minneapolis, MN 55403
T: (612) 338.1344

Pazzaluna

Katy Perry might not have been in St. Paul on Saturday night, but I was! The people that were going to the concert with me decided to take the road trip and go to Pazzaluna. We arrived just in time to take advantage of the last minutes of the Happy Hour. The drinks were good and I learned my lesson not to mix rum and vodka…not pretty. Going with a group of people is great, and since everybody orders something different you get to taste all the dishes (without double dipping of course). I must say that I was not overly taken with the food. The spicy penne was anything but spicy and the seafood linguine was tasteless…a little disappointing. If I were to go back I would get there earlier and take full advantage of the Happy Hour. Looking at the hh menu there are several good choices, from both the food and drink menu. The night turned out to be lots of fun and we still have the concert to look forward too.

In my opinion this restaurant deserves a 3 out of 5 star rating ***.
Service was friendly and good.
Noise level low making it easy to hold a conversation.