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Fogo de Chão Opens on Las Olas in Fort Lauderdale

| SFBW Staff

Fogo de Chão recently opened its first Fort Lauderdale location to provide locals with Southern Brazilian hospitality and innovative restaurant experiences. The eatery is located on the corner of Southeast Third Avenue and Las Olas Boulevard at The Main Las Olas, a 1.4 million-square-foot mixed-use office, residential and retail community. Fogo de Chão donated a portion of the first week’s sales to Feeding South Florida, a nonprofit organization dedicated to ending hunger in the tri-county area.

The new location features an expansive 226-seat dining room centered around an open-air charcoal grill to enable guests to witness gaucho chefs demonstrate the culinary art of churrasco as they butcher, prepare and grill different cuts of protein over an open flame. It also showcases dry-aged meat lockers for in-house aging and soaring wine cases displaying South America’s finest varietals. The new restaurant ALSO includes a large, covered outdoor patio and Bar Fogo area for al fresco churrasco dining and private dining spaces to accommodate intimate gatherings or larger celebratory events.

“We’re humbled to bring our Southern Brazilian hospitality and latest innovative experiences to Ft. Lauderdale as we continue to expand in South Florida,” Barry McGowan says, Chief Executive Officer of Fogo de Chão. “Fogo started in Brazil over 43 years ago and we have been fortunate to grow our brand in the United States for the past 25 years. August 19 is a special date for us as it marks the opening of our Las Olas location and the date we opened our first U.S. location in Dallas, TX in 1997.” 

Fogo in Fort Lauderdale offers a range of menu selections and prices to fit guests’ needs for lunch and dinner, including an all-day happy hour every day in the main dining room, patio and Bar Fogo area featuring $9 Brazilian-inspired cocktails, $7 glasses of South American wines, $5 beers, small plates like lobster and shrimp tacos, churrasco meat boards and grilled Brazilian cheese. 

For more information, visit Fogodechao.com/location/fort-lauderdale/.

(Photo Credit: Evan Pierce)

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Drew Limsky joined Lifestyle Media Group in August 2020 as Editor-in-Chief of South Florida Business & Wealth. His first issue of SFBW, October 2020, heralded a reimagined structure, with new content categories and a slew of fresh visual themes. “As sort of a cross between Forbes and Robb Report, with a dash of GQ and Vogue,” Limsky says, “SFBW reflects South Florida’s increasingly sophisticated and dynamic business and cultural landscape.”

Limsky, an avid traveler, swimmer and film buff who holds a law degree and Ph.D. from New York University, likes to say, “I’m a doctor, but I can’t operate—except on your brand.” He wrote his dissertation on the nonfiction work of Joan Didion. Prior to that, Limsky received his B.A. in English, summa cum laude, from Emory University and earned his M.A. in literature at American University in connection with a Masters Scholar Award fellowship.

Limsky came to SFBW at the apex of a storied career in journalism and publishing that includes six previous lead editorial roles, including for some of the world’s best-known brands. He served as global editor-in-chief of Lexus magazine, founding editor-in-chief of custom lifestyle magazines for Cadillac and Holland America Line, and was the founding editor-in-chief of Modern Luxury Interiors South Florida. He also was the executive editor for B2B magazines for Acura and Honda Financial Services, and he served as travel editor for Conde Nast. Magazines under Limsky’s editorship have garnered more than 75 industry awards.

He has also written for many of the country’s top newspapers and magazines, including The New York Times, Washington Post, Los Angeles Times, Miami Herald, Boston Globe, USA Today, Worth, Robb Report, Afar, Time Out New York, National Geographic Traveler, Men’s Journal, Ritz-Carlton, Elite Traveler, Florida Design, Metropolis and Architectural Digest Mexico. His other clients have included Four Seasons, Acqualina Resort & Residences, Yahoo!, American Airlines, Wynn, Douglas Elliman and Corcoran. As an adjunct assistant professor, Limsky has taught journalism, film and creative writing at the City University of New York, Pace University, American University and other colleges.