Espadas Brasileñas, Brazilian steakhouse in Polanco, Mexico City, Mexico.
Espadas Brasileñas is a Brazilian steakhouse in the Polanco neighborhood of Mexico City, specializing in the churrasco style of grilled meats served tableside. The dining room is set up so that servers move continuously through the space, each carrying a different cut of fire-grilled meat on a large skewer.
The restaurant opened in 2000 and was among the first in Mexico City to bring the Brazilian churrasco format to local diners. At the time, the continuous tableside service style was largely unfamiliar to the city's food scene.
The name translates roughly as "Brazilian swords," referring to the long metal skewers that servers carry through the dining room. Watching the carvers move from table to table is a central part of how a meal here unfolds.
The restaurant sits in a central part of Polanco and is easy to reach on foot from the main streets of the neighborhood. Since the format involves unlimited rounds of meat, coming hungry makes the experience more worthwhile.
Every table has a small two-sided disk: one side is green, the other is red, and flipping it is the only signal needed to start or pause the meat service. No words are exchanged with the staff for this part of the meal, which gives diners a quiet kind of control over their own pace.
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