The

Tri-City’s first Brazilian grill restaurant is open and serving up beef,

seafood, poultry and pork tableside.

Boiada

Brazilian Grill opened to customers on May 30 at 8418 W. Gage Blvd., Kennewick,

across the street from Costco near Columbia Center mall.

The

cost to launch the 5,500-square-foot restaurant totaled $340,000.

The

restaurant owners, the Dicenzo and Ferriera families, are native to Brazil.

Known

in Portuguese as a churrascaria, a Brazilian steakhouse is unique in the

way it serves meals.

Meat

servers rotate through the restaurant with large skewers filled with various

types and cuts of charcoal-grilled meat and honey-glazed pineapple. Side

dishes, salads, desserts and a full bar also are offered.

Restaurant

employees wear authentic south Brazilian attire, including meat servers dressed

as a gaucho, or Brazilian cowboy.

One Stop Construction Inc. was the general contractor;

Dallas Dicenzo is the owner.