I guess one indicator of a supposed Waterbury renaissance
might be the continued existence of Churrascaria Braza,
when some rodizios in Hartford, Stratford and Old Saybrook have gone out of business. Braza is a very handsome restaurant, with a nice bar,
front dining space
and rear dining space.
For those interested in its artwork, I will show some of it at the conclusion of this post.
We were taken great care of by this very nice gentleman, Justin, whose shirt turned out to be less controversial than it initially appeared.
As you can see from the back panel, the shirt actually advertises a beer
brewed in Connecticut but with California origins, the backstory of which is so complicated I don’t intend to relate it now. We were drawn to have wine with our meal anyway, with one of us electing to have glasses of the house Chardonnay
while the others shared one of Braza’s nice Portuguese reds.
There’s a nice buffet offered for $19.95, which includes both a salad bar,
which we indulged in substantially, and hot foods
which we indulged in sparingly, because we ordered the rodizio selection ($31.95) which includes the buffet but also 11 special meats (I counted 10) brought to the table, usually on skewers.
Here is a look at the salad bar items.
And here’s a look at the hot selections.
In preparation for the rodizio, we were given the following utensils,
as well as a dumbbell which, green end up meant “Hit me!” and red end up meant “I’m taking a pause…” or even “Uncle!”
Soon, the meats started coming, fast and furious… There were pork and chicken sausages,
spicy barbecue chicken wings,
teriyaki beef and garlic sirloin steak,
Parmesan pork and chicken wrapped with bacon,
picanha (rump cover),
rosemary and garlic lamb
and flank steak.
Every meat was absolutely delicious, but we especially liked the last three.
I also snagged photos of passing pork chops topped with pico de gallo
as well as the house flan.
Here is the menu, which shows that there’s much more available than just the buffet and rodizio.
I conclude with the artwork in the back room where we dined, which was more traditional,
as well as the artwork in the front room, which was more modern.
Churrascaria Braza, 92 Bank Street, Waterbury, 203-575-9755