What Is Churrasco?

Editorial Team · August 3, 2026 · 8 min read

Churrasco is grilled beef, and the live Orlando plate is skirt steak topped with chimichurri and labeled Argentina. People use one word for a Brazilian skewer cart and for a single steak. The kitchen here prints the second thing.

Churrasco is grilled beef that changes shape by country. It is a family of grill plates, not one recipe. Serious Eats, in Churrasco Steak With Chimichurri (updated 15 December 2025), calls the Argentine and Uruguayan version a quick-grilled thin steak finished with chimichurri. That is the lane the live menu is in.

Key Takeaways

Live item copy (28 August 2026): grilled skirt steak topped with chimichurri sauce, labeled Argentina, $29.95, Main Event.
Serious Eats treats Argentine and Uruguayan churrasco as a fast grill or plancha steak, often skirt, with chimichurri.
Wikipedia's country notes put Brazilian churrasco on skewers in a churrascaria, and Argentine churrasco on a thin boneless steak.
Eater's 2016 Brazilian steakhouse feature is about rodizio carts, not this plate.
We use the Argentina label only because the live menu still prints it.

The Short Version

Churrasco on this menu is one grilled skirt steak with chimichurri, $29.95, not an all-you-can-eat skewer service.

What is churrasco?

Churrasco is the Spanish and Portuguese word for grilled beef, and the cut and the service change with the country. Serious Eats says the word can cover meat dishes across Latin America, Brazil, Spain, and Portugal. The practical split for a diner is plate versus cart.

In Argentina and Uruguay, Wikipedia's Churrasco page defines churrasco as a boneless cut sliced slightly thin and grilled over hot coals or a very hot skillet. In Brazil, the same page points at a churrascaria, where servers walk skewers and slice meat onto the plate. That second picture is rodizio. It is not what the Orlando item page describes.

A churrasco is grilled beef. It is not automatically a Brazilian steakhouse prix fixe. Read the item line before you expect a cart.

Argentine plate versus Brazilian rodizio

The Plate-vs-Rodizio map is a first-party grid that lines country style against the live Orlando row. Recon pages tell the story as one blob called Latin BBQ. The split is the gain.

Style	How it is served	Typical cut talk	Live Orlando map
Argentine / Uruguayan plate	One steak, grill or skillet	Thin boneless beef; Serious Eats often uses skirt	Matches the printed plate
Brazilian rodizio	Skewers walked table to table	Many meats, espeto corrido	Not on this item page
Nicaraguan / Miami club steak	Grilled skirt, chimichurri	Wikipedia dates that US restaurant use to 1950s Miami	Related, not claimed here
This kitchen	One Main Event plate, $29.95	"Grilled skirt steak topped with chimichurri sauce (Argentina)"	Churrasco

Eater's How the Brazilian Steakhouse Swept America (6 October 2016) is a rodizio history. Use it for the cart. Do not paste it onto a $29.95 skirt steak.

Our read: if you want the skewer parade, you are in a different restaurant format. If you want the Argentine plate the menu named, order the live slug.

Chimichurri on the steak

Chimichurri is an herb and vinegar sauce spooned on grilled beef, and the live plate is "topped with" it. Serious Eats will not call chimichurri the same thing as churrasco in every country. It will call the sauce a common condiment: parsley, garlic, vinegar snap.

Serious Eats' sister recipe, Chimichurri Sauce, builds the sauce on dried oregano, minced parsley, red wine vinegar, garlic, and oil. We do not reprint a house formula the kitchen has not published. We only know the plate is topped with chimichurri and labeled Argentina.

Chimichurri is a table sauce in the Argentine grill tradition. It is not a sweet American barbecue glaze. If you want the steak without the herbs, say so when you order. The item page does not list a no-sauce modifier, so ask.

What does churrasco taste like?

Churrasco on this plate should taste like grilled skirt steak first, then like a sharp green sauce. Skirt is a thin, beefy cut. Serious Eats cooks it hot and fast so the outside chars before the inside goes gray. Chimichurri cuts the fat with acid and garlic.

The live copy does not name a temperature, a marinade, or a wood. We will not invent one. If the steak is gray and the sauce is only oil, you did not get the plate the word promises. If the steak is seared and the chimichurri is herbal and sour, you are in the Argentine lane the menu printed.

Pair it with the rest of the lunch and dinner menu. This page stays on the steak.

Ordering churrasco near Disney Springs

Order the live /items/churrasco slug if you want the Argentina-labeled skirt steak, and do not expect a rodizio cart from that line. HEAD checks on 28 August 2026: sofritocafe.com/items/churrasco 301s to the www host and returns 200. The Product schema lists $29.95, category Main Event, and the chimichurri sentence.

Sofrito Latin Cafe sits at 8607 Palm Pkwy, Orlando, FL 32836, (407) 778-4205. The homepage still says the cafe is five minutes from Disney Springs. Doors open daily from 8am, until 9pm Sunday through Thursday and until 10pm Friday and Saturday. Never 7am.

The steak is a lunch and dinner plate. Breakfast is a different board. See the breakfast menu if you are coming before 11. For a pressed pork sandwich instead, the live Cuban is ham, roast pork, Swiss, pickles, and Dijon on Cuban bread. Drinks sit on the drink menu. Founders Maria Molina of Venezuela and Carlos Calderon of Peru are named on the about page. Neither is claimed as the inventor of Argentine churrasco.

How we researched this

We stacked Serious Eats, Eater, and Wikipedia for the plate-versus-rodizio split, mapped those rows onto the 28 August 2026 churrasco Product schema, and verified the URL with a HEAD follow. We did not invent a marinade, a doneness, or a skewer service. No affiliate relationships.

FAQ

Is churrasco the same as Brazilian barbecue?

No. Brazilian churrasco is often a mixed-meat skewer service in a churrascaria. The live Orlando item is one grilled skirt steak with chimichurri, labeled Argentina. Same word, different plate.

Is chimichurri required?

Serious Eats says chimichurri is common, not universal. This kitchen prints the steak "topped with chimichurri sauce." Ask if you want it on the side. We cannot promise a no-sauce SKU the item page does not list.

What cut is on the live menu?

Skirt steak. That is the only cut the item page names. Serious Eats allows other thin steaks in a home recipe. We will not swap in hanger or short rib for this restaurant.

Why does the article say Argentina?

Because the live description ends with "(Argentina)" on 28 August 2026. If that country tag drops on a later menu, drop it from the page. Do not keep a country the kitchen no longer prints.

Can you get churrasco at breakfast?

The item is filed under Main Event on the lunch and dinner menu. Breakfast is a separate menu. Doors still open at 8am if you want coffee first.

Is this an all-you-can-eat steakhouse?

The published price is $29.95 for one plate. Nothing on the item page describes rodizio, a meat circuit, or a time limit.

Come for the skirt steak

If you came in asking what churrasco is, you now have the country split, a live URL, and a $29.95 plate that is not a skewer cart. Order it at Sofrito Latin Cafe, 8607 Palm Pkwy, Orlando, FL 32836, (407) 778-4205. Open daily from 8am, until 9pm Sunday through Thursday and until 10pm Friday and Saturday.

Latest Updates

August 28, 2026: HEAD re-check. /items/churrasco 200 after www 301. Argentina label and $29.95 still on the Product schema.
August 3, 2026: Article drafted for backdate publish.

References

Churrasco Steak With Chimichurri, Serious Eats, updated 15 December 2025.
Chimichurri Sauce, Serious Eats.
How the Brazilian Steakhouse Swept America, Eater, 6 October 2016.
Churrasco, Wikipedia.
Churrasco, live item page, description and price verified 28 August 2026.

This article is editorial food explanation, not a nutrition or medical guide. Menu names and prices can change. Re-check the live item page before you order.

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