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MURRAY — A new Brazilian food option — heavy on meat, no surprise — is coming to Utah.

Fogo de Chão , a higher-end steakhouse chain that launched in Porto Alegre, Brazil, in 1979 and ultimately expanded to the United States in 1997, plans to open its first Utah location in Murray next Monday, Nov. 24.

The restaurant features a range of meats prepared Brazilian-style over a flame. The restaurant's "open churrasco grill" gives diners "a view of gaucho chefs demonstrating the culinary art of churrasco by butchering, hand carving and grilling high-quality cuts of protein over an open flame," Fogo de Chão said in a statement.

"We're thrilled to open our first Utah location in the heart of Murray," Barry McGowan, chief executive officer of Fogo de Chão, said

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