Madeira Bistro – LCM 41 SUMMER 2015

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Take a trip to South America at Madeira Bistro, which specializes in rodízio (all-you-can-eat steak and other skewered proteins). Photo by Miguel Ventura

Grab your loosest pair of pants and pack your appetite. At this downtown Brazilian eatery, you’ll want—and get—to eat your fill of sinfully delicious rodízio (all-you-can-eat steak and other skewered proteins). You pay fixed price (here only $28 U.S.), and gregarious waiters bring around servings of top sirloin, rib eye, and ribs throughout the meal until the diners cry uncle, signaling they’ve had enough. Other rodizio selections include New York strip and flank steaks, turkey breast and bacon, and sides of cucumber-carrot and red cabbage salads, rice, mashed potatoes, garlic bread, and dipping sauces. Of course, that’s not all the restaurant offers. À la carte entrées include linguine with shrimp in red sauce and garlic sautéed sea bass. An excellent Argentine Malbec is poured by the glass, with bottled offerings from premier wine producers in Argentina, Chile, Italy, Mexico and Uruguay. And there’s the classic caipirinha, a cocktail based on cachaça, or sugar cane liquor, favored by samba dancers and international bons vivants. Calle Vicente Guerrero and Francisco I. Madero, Cabo San Lucas, (624) 143-0273. Tues.–Sun. 4 p.m.–11 p.m. MasterCard, Visa, and vouchers accepted. $$–$$$ A.A.