An Introduction

An Introduction!

Greetings and Salutations fellow Sushi and BBQ lovers. Thank you for stopping by and checking out my blog. I will be posting A LOT, I will WARN YOU, I am sometimes Loud, Obnoxious & Brutally Honest...if your food rocks but your service sucks, I will praise the kitchen staff and blast your wait staff, i will also try and throw in some of my twisted whit and humor as well. so please check back often.

I feel i should introduce myself properly and give you some credentials before I just start making random post and giving out scores on how I rate both Sushi & BBQ joints. I am Deldon Krueger or on the BBQ Circuit I am known as Uncle Tykie, I am an 8 time BBQ grand champion and have owned a BBQ concession shack and 2 BBQ Restaurants, and I am Lead Que Master of KCBS registered BBQ team of Uncle Tykie & the Mesquite-Oh's. I also was General Manager of Ginza Japanese Steak House and Sushi Bar in Indianapolis back in 2000 and have been a die-hard sushi lover for 20 years. I am currently not in the restaurant business but my career has me flying all over the United States twice a week and I recently moved to Atlanta, GA, I eat BBQ or Sushi at least 3 times a week while traveling and almost everyday I am home in Atlanta...still trying to get the lay of the land and locate as many good local joints as possible, unfortunately that is not going so well...lol

So please follow me and my adventure's across this great land as I discover the what good vittles America's Fine Eateries has to offer.

Deldon Krueger
"Uncle Tykie"

Friday, October 5, 2012

Review: Tucanos Brazilian Grill Colorado Springs, CO.

TUCANOS BRAZILIAN GRILL 9.7 out of 10
3294 Cinema Point
Colorado Springs, CO 80922
(719) 597-3800

I know I know, your are thinking "what the hell Deldon, why are you doing a review on your Sushi/BBQ blog about a Brazilian Steakhouse?"...Well my answer is in two parts, 1) The meats are prepared over an open flame and are technically "Barbecued" and 2) This place was AWESOME and I think it deserves any Attention I can get it.

So after work yesterday Mr. Angel Febus and I went to go get him a jacket as he is from Orange County California and evidently he doesn't own any winter clothing and it got to 58 degrees so he was freezing...lol we went exploring to find a TJ MAXX(Angel's favorite store) and across the parkway from the TJ MAXX was a new shopping center with lots of Restaurants,  Angel was in the mood for Mexican so we drove around for about an hour and from a distance and at the angle we were at "Brazilian" looked like "Mexican" so we drove over and the parking lot was insanely pack, so we thought what the hell, Brazilian it is. We were a little worried at how much dinner was gonna cost since the Brazilian Steakhouse I had been to were all $48/plate+ and Angel said the ones in California were $75+, but we through caution to the wind as we knew the next day was payday..lol, when we walked up to the building the smell of fire roasted meat was intoxicating we started to get giddy like school children.  When we got inside the hostesses greeted us and informed us there was and 75 minute wait...we both looked at each other and were on the verge of saying lets just go somewhere else but the smell kept us there...we waited patiently and it only took an hour, there were hundreds of recent grads from the Air force base all out celebrating their graduation from AIT school i think and getting their first real assignments so that is why it took so long to get seated, but well worth the wait.

We were seated and our waitress Camila came over and introduced herself and explained how it works and such, my first question to her was, "How much is this gonna cost us?" her reply was "the all you can eat is $20.95"...WHAT!?!?!?!?! did i hear you correctly, and this feast is ONLY going to cost me $20.95 are you kidding me..I think I have found a new home...lol she laughed and said she had heard people complain that it was too expensive. I quickly pointed out that anyone who thought that had clearly never left Colorado Springs EVER!! So I ordered a drink to celebrate tonight's feast, i think it was called the Copacabana a Giant Pineapple fruity concoction of sheer alcohol and magic(see picture below). So we went to salad bar and got a few side dishes (Angel can't eat a meal without Rice and Beans, he says it's cuz he is a "Brownie" his words not mine...lol) then the procession of GLORIOUS MEATS (16 different skewers) started coming to the table non stop and OH MY GOD! you have to try the fire roasted brown sugar glazed pineapple , it was to die for.  the meats ranged from bacon wrapped filet mignon to BBQ'd chicken thigh, to flank steak and marinated and roasted chicken hearts(don't cringe these too were amazing)spiced salmon...this was all so delicious and we literally gorged ourselves to the point we could hardly move, We both wanted a dessert but there was just no way we were ever gonna be able to get it.  At the end of our meal Camila came back over and we chatted for a bit, she is originally from Brazil and her accent is cute and sexy all at the same time and she was amazing.  She told us that Tucanos is even open for lunch and the all you can eat at lunch is ONLY $14.95!!! this place is unreal, if ever you are in Colorado Spring, you HAVE to check this place out..you just have too. They also have locations in Provo, Utah - Albuquerque New Mexico - Salt Lake City Utah - Boise Idaho
my tasty beverage the "Copacabana"

Eat Well My Friends,
Deldon


3 comments:

  1. Thank you very much Deldon Krueger for the great review. I hope you don't mind we took the liberty of posting a link to your blog on our Facebook Fan Page for Colorado Springs. You can view our page at facebook.com/tucanoscsprings

    Thank you again and we hope you have a great weekend.

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    1. Not at all, I am honored, your place kicks ass, in fact a friend of mine who lives in Denver will be in town next week meeting some friends of his and is now going to bring them to your place...by the way, how did you find my blog and review so fast?

      Deldon

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    2. In fact my Colleague and I were seriously considering coming back again tonight we loved it so much

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