Fogo de Chao, the Brazilian steak house known for servers carrying slabs of meat on long skewers from table to table, held a soft opening on May 15 ahead of its opening to the public on Monday, May 19.
The new location at 15407 S. LaGrange Road is the chain’s sixth Chicagoland restaurant.
The 6,791-square-foot location is in the former TGI Friday in an outlot at Orland Park Place.
“Orland Park’s dynamic community and vibrant midwestern culture make it an ideal location for our next Chicagoland location,” Barry McGowan, chief executive officer of Fogo de Chão, said in a release. “After being a part of the local community for over 22 years, we’re excited to open our (Orland Park) location and look forward to introducing guests to the Culinary Art of Churrasco in Orland Park.”
The Orland Park restaurant will feature an expansive dining room centered around an open churrasco grill, offering guests a 360-degree view of gaucho chefs butchering, hand carving, and grilling high-quality cuts of meat over an open flame, creating a craveable salty bark. The Market Table will anchor the restaurant and feature seasonal salads, fresh superfoods, cured meats, and antipasti.
Dry-aged meat lockers for in-house aging will display featured cuts such as a 32 oz. Long-Bone Tomahawk Ribeye, aged for a minimum of 42 days.
Bar Fogo features $5 beers, $8 South American wines and $10 Brazilian-Inspired cocktails.
Founded in Brazil in 1979, Fogo de Chão opened its first U.S. restaurant in Dallas in 1997. Since then, it has expanded to more than 70 restaurants around the world.
The Orland Park restaurant joins existing Chicagoland locations in Rosemont, Naperville, Oak Brook, Downtown Chicago and Schaumburg.
It will be the second Brazilian steakhouse in Orland Park.
Texas de Brazil opened inside Orland Square Mall a few years ago. It offers the same kind of open churrasco experience as Fogo de Chao.
We are so excited about our reservation on May 22😀😀
This is going to be awesome, now all we need is to open a PAPPADEAX , BOB CHINNS or a MAGGIANO’S where buca di beppo used to be and we’ll have just about everything 😊
Great to see the former TGI Fridays space put to good use. Best of luck to Fogo at its née south suburban location in Orland Oark. Texas de Braazil has done a stellar job so the bar has been set. Best wishes going forward!
I am the Director for our Loyalty Program at Wintrust Bank with The Orland Park Bank & Trust being one of my locations I will be bringing my Platinum Adventures group to the restaurant for lunch. Welcome to the community FOGO!
Hi I’m so excited to come visit I need to make reservations for June 25th I don’t see where I can make reservations? Please help