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Imagine the worst restaurant you have ever been to on a first date. Double it. Double it again. Double it again. That’s how bad The Midwest Grill, an excellent Brazilian churrascaria in Inman Square, would be. In fact, this top-notch restaurant should rank only marginally higher on a list of dating venues than Taco Bell or the Dunster Dining Hall. Additionally, it is most definitely not a place to bring anorexics, vegetarians or anyone who has recently read Upton Sinclair’s The Jungle for tutorial. Nevertheless—or, perhaps, for exactly that reason?...
Churrascarias are essentially glorified Brazilian barbecues. When you sit down, a brief nod tells the staff you know the drill: all-you-can-eat for a $19 fee. Vast skewers of various kinds of meat are circulated throughout the evening, and diners can hail down passing rump steak and pork loin as if they were vacant taxis. The attentive waiters and waitresses slice the meat onto your plate and will continue to do so until you—very firmly—instruct them to cease and desist. It’s a competitive eating race—the winner...
...speech railing on the sloppiness of American foreign policy—Kubik was one of the few audience members who didn’t ask about the nature of communist economic oppression, the daunting tasks facing China when (and if) it makes the switch to a capitalist system, or Brazilian labor leader-turned-President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva. No, Kubik went for a more specific topic...
...first one on line. I scan the airport suspiciously and listen hard for Hebrew. I try not to remember the sound of my grandmother’s voice when she’d call us just because, randomly asking me if I’d heard of this Brazilian writer or that German family drama, and remembering every detail I’d ever told her about my life...
...Miguel Adrover's show, sponsored by UPS, a guy dressed as one of the company's delivery men suddenly appeared on the runway toting a huge box covered with UPS stickers. At Rosa Cha, Brazilian bikinis were accessorized with birth-control patches, courtesy of Ortho Evra. The designers for the collective called As Four emerged on the catwalk smoking. Their sponsor was Legal Cigarettes...