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Copacabana is up there with some of the most enjoyable dining experiences of my life. If you seriously heart meat in large quantities, especially steak, this is the venue for you.

Copa is a Brazilian Steakhouse, also known as a Churrasacaria. The dining experience is rodizio style, this means that the customer pays a fixed price, and the waiters bring to the table all types of meat speared on a skewer which they then shave off to your satisfaction.

No word of a lie, I’m in a trance when I’m in this restaurant. I’ve been to both the Niagara location and the Yonge & Eglinton location. They are both stellar as folk but Niagara’s does it up bigger and better fo sho.

You begin your meal by hitting up the “Harvest Table”. This section consists of various breads, pastas, salads, fruits, cold cuts, cheeses, and tons of other finger food madness. Always a good idea to hit up this table lightly as you’d want to be saving space for the slayer spree ahead.

At your table will be a signal card with a green and red side. Green indicates to the servers flying by with the food you’re down to get down, and red of course means you’re not down. In terms of the meal and the meats you can expect to devour, you will most likely run into most of the following on large skewers:

Prime Rib w/ cheddar

Flank Steak

Skirt Steak

Trip Tip Steak

Buttermilk Steak

Filet Mignon wrapped in bacon

Peppercorn Steak

Top Sirloin

Braised Beef Ribs

BBQ Pork Ribs

Beef Kebabs

Moroccan Chicken

Garlic Chicken

Slow roasted leg of lamb

Lamb Chops

Parm encrusted Pork Loin

Brazilian Sausage

Grilled Salmon

Turkey wrapped in bacon

Believe it or not I’m definitely missing meat items from the above list, (pending you go on the weekend when the menu is at its full capacity). In addition to the T-Rex Jurassic Park Fest are other wonderfully delectable items. The pineapple for example, stacked two per skewer and soaked in a marinade consisting of at least cinnamon and sugar before being roasted and caramelized to sh!t. Bananas are rolled in a similar dry rub like the pineapple and then deep fried…! Fresh baked piping hot cheese balls graced my plate, and the cornbread is to die for. It comes steaming out of the oven and is perfectly moist and seasoned, it was so good that I had 4 pieces despite all the delicious meat you would think I’d have saved space for. That good.

Aside from the food there is live entertainment. A live band plays while the beautiful and extravagantly dressed Rio Samba Divas dance away. At the Yonge and Eglinton location, you can find 2 gentlemen doing some serious Wushu style martial arts to the music as well, flashkicks, sweeps and full aerials. These live shows are roughly on the hour and definitely add to the whole experience.

In closing, there is nothing I didn’t enjoy. I’d like to list off the specific meat items that I thoroughly enjoyed, but I’d pretty much be writing out the majority of menu list above. All I can say about the meat is that none of it is over cooked and the steak is typically medium rare, the way it should be. A word of caution to future patrons, to fill up trucker belly appetite guests they put a lot of salt on the meat, if you really can’t handle a lot of salt then you will struggle with a lot of the meats. It’s not salted to the point where it’s not even edible, but there is quite a bit.

The Copacabana’s are spacious but always packed especially on weekends. Ensure you make reservations and arrive on time. I would also suggest getting into the mindset before you get there so you may slay at full capacity.

EAT IT