An affordable all-you-can-eat churrasco run across the border · A group dinner with meat-lovers
“Mr. Pampas is carnivore heaven!”
Brazilian
A Zona Río Brazilian churrascaria Roger calls carnivore heaven, on par with San Diego's Rei Do Gado and Fogo de Chao but far cheaper, with standout sirloin, bacon-wrapped filet mignon and lamb shanks off the self-serve buffet.
Start with sirloin or bacon-wrapped filet mignon with cheese or lamb shanks, and check the restaurant’s current menu before you go.
From Roger’s camera roll
From Roger’s Foursquare
Just $195-210 Pesos (roughly $12.79-$13.75 USD) for AYCE Brazilian BBQ during dinner (prices depend on whether you're a man or woman)! Good bang for your buck, quality is up to par with Fogo de Chao!
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On Roger’s lists: Must Visit Food Joints in TJ!.
Source-backed notes
Checked in 4 times on Yelp and Swarm, most recently Dec 16, 2015. See the check-in log
“Mr. Pampas is carnivore heaven!”
Roger says the quality is on par with San Diego's Rei Do Gado and Fogo de Chao, but far cheaper: about $210 pesos (~$13.75 USD) for men and $195 pesos (~$12.79 USD) for women after 7pm. Walked in busy at 7:30pm on a Tuesday and was seated within minutes, with attentive service; grab a plate at the self-serve buffet and flip the table gadget green for more meat, red to stop. Standouts were the sirloin, bacon-wrapped filet mignon with cheese, and lamb shanks. He suggests Ubering across the border (about $30 pesos each way).
Keep exploring
Browse the Brazilian page, or continue to another place with a matching cuisine.
Roger followed the Brazilian guys from the Hillcrest Farmers Market to their storefront (shared with Cake off Reynard), recommending the stuffed hash brown and ground beef with cheese and plantains.
A Gaslamp Brazilian steakhouse where Roger attended a friend's birthday dinner for ten, praising the quality of the rodizio meats and self-serve salad bar, calling it a must-visit for carnivores at $42.99 per person.