1124 Cambridge St
Cambridge, MA 02139-1445
Phone: (617)354-7536
http://www.midwestgrill.com
A
Brazilian steakhouse in
Inman Square best known for its
all-you-can-eat lunches and dinners. These buffets feature the standard green salad, along with more unusual dishes like
black beans to put over rice, and fried
plantain. This is all just a side dish, because people who go there and order the buffet (US$19 as of
November 5, 2001) go for the
meat.
Once you get your
plate and sit down, waiters with
foot-long skewers will approach your table, every 5-10 minutes, and ask if you would like some of the particular meat that they are offering. At your request, they will carve off slices until you tell them to stop.
The selections during the two times I have been were:
beef,
pork,
chicken,
chicken hearts,
kielbasa, and
spicy saugsage. The beef and pork have been particularly good. They don't have alot of beers to chose from, but the
Guarana soda is good. The
mango ice cream made a nice light dessert after all the
carnivorous goodness.
The place probably seats fewer than one hundred, but is not too hard to get seated on Sundays, when I've gone. The atmosphere is a mildly exotic, with dark wood,
cow heads and
hides, and Brazilian singers
over-amplified. Not the
best place for conversation. The average customer age looks to be mid
30's. This place knows how to promote itself. Look for special offers, as discounts up to 20% are not hard to achieve on your second visit.
After two trips, I still have yet to figure out the name. It just sounds like the place should be from
Kansas. Perhaps this is because I have never been to Brazil. If anyone
has a clue please let me know. I'll see what the waitress has to say next time I go.