Fogo de Chão in Downtown Bellevue.
Washington’s first Brazilian churrascaria has held the Bellevue Way corner of Lincoln Square South since 2017 — flip the card green and the gauchos keep coming.
Fogo de Chão is downtown’s biggest-appetite dinner, and it sits where the appetite is: street level on Bellevue Way in Lincoln Square South, directly across from Bellevue Square, with the W Bellevue above and Japonessa next door. The room is a long, warm hall built around the Market Table — salads, charcuterie, feijoada — and the churrasco itself, gaucho chefs working the floor with skewers of picanha and lamb and ribeye, carving tableside for as long as your card stays green.
Kemper Development announced Fogo for the Lincoln Square expansion in March 2016 and DBN covered the May 2017 opening, the chain’s first Washington restaurant. It picked up a Wine Spectator Award of Excellence in 2022 and, less happily, a one-week liquor-license suspension in January 2025 that became DBN’s most-read story of that year. Nine seasons in it is the room downtown books for birthdays, graduations, and visiting relatives who want a spectacle with dinner.
It is not a steakhouse in the STK or El Gaucho sense — there is no menu of cuts to agonize over, just the churrasco, the Market Table, and a few upgrades — and that is the appeal for a group that cannot agree. For a quieter, cut-by-cut steak dinner see our guide to the best steakhouses in downtown Bellevue; for the full picture, the best restaurants downtown.
What to Order at Fogo de Chão
You order a format more than a dish; these are the moves that make the churrasco worth the price.
Full Churrasco
Continuous tableside carving of fire-roasted cuts — picanha, bone-in ribeye, fraldinha, lamb chops and more — plus unlimited trips to the Market Table. Flip the card, and it keeps coming.
Picanha
The signature prime sirloin cap, seasoned with sea salt and carved off the skewer. Say yes every time it comes around and no to almost everything else.
Market Table & Feijoada Bar
Seasonal salads, charcuterie, candied bacon, and the black-bean feijoada. Pace yourself: it is the easiest way to run out of room before the meat arrives.
Dry-Aged Tomahawk Ancho
A 36-ounce long-bone ribeye dry-aged 42 days, sized to share — the order for the table that wants a centerpiece beyond the churrasco.
Papaya Cream
Fresh papaya blended with vanilla ice cream and finished with crème de cassis. The house dessert, and the right one after all that meat.
Fogo de Chão Through the Years on DBN
DBN has reported on downtown Bellevue since 2005. This is Fogo de Chão’s story as we covered it, as it happened.
Lincoln Square Expansion Tenant Announcements
Kemper Development named Fogo de Chão, alongside Henry’s Tavern and Cinemark Reserve, for the new Lincoln Square South block on Bellevue Way.
Fogo de Chão Opens Bellevue Restaurant in the Lincoln Square Expansion
Washington’s first Fogo opened at street level on Bellevue Way with a head gaucho chef, a full Market Table, and the continuous churrasco.
6 Bellevue Restaurants Receive National Recognition for Their Wine Programs
Fogo de Chão Bellevue earned a Wine Spectator Award of Excellence, one of six downtown rooms recognized that year.
Fogo de Chão Bellevue’s Liquor License Suspended for Serving a Minor
A one-week state suspension in January 2025 — DBN’s most-read story of the year; the restaurant resumed normal service after.
Browse all Fogo de Chão coverage in the DBN archive.
Getting There & When to Go
Lincoln Square South is the easiest big-group dinner in downtown to reach and park at.
Getting There & Parking
- Drive: Lincoln Square South garage, or the restaurant’s valet. Weekdays, garage parking is free for 3 hours with validation from the restaurant; evenings and weekends no validation is needed. Bellevue Square’s free garages are across Bellevue Way by sky bridge.
- Light rail: 2 Line to Bellevue Downtown Station, then a roughly 12-minute walk west along NE 6th to Bellevue Way — see our light rail guide
- On foot: The entrance is on Bellevue Way at street level. From Bellevue Square, cross Bellevue Way at NE 6th or take the sky bridge and come down through Lincoln Square South.
Best Times to Go
Weekend dinners are booked and full — reserve, and give the table two hours. Weekday lunch is the calmest room and the best value for the same churrasco; the all-day happy hour at Bar Fogo is the low-key way in. Holiday weekends and graduation season, the private rooms go weeks ahead.
Make It a Night
You are on the Bellevue Way corridor of the Collection: pair dinner with a movie at Cinemark Reserve in the same building, Snowflake Lane in the holidays, right outside on Bellevue Way, or a room upstairs at the W if the celebration is an overnight one.
Good to Know
As of August 2026: OpenTable reservations for 1 to 14; groups of 15 and up, through a full buyout, book with the Bellevue group-dining team, which lists three event spaces and a private-room combination seating 72 with complimentary audio-visual and no room fee. Bar Fogo runs an all-day happy hour. Lunch churrasco is priced below dinner; the Indulgent Churrasco tier adds dessert and an enhancement.
Fogo de Chão FAQ
How does Fogo de Chao work?
The Full Churrasco is priced per person and includes unlimited visits to the Market Table plus continuous tableside carving: gaucho chefs circulate with skewers of fire-roasted meats and carve at your table for as long as your card is turned to the green side. Turn it red to pause. Lunch is priced lower than dinner, and there is an Indulgent Churrasco tier that adds dessert and an enhancement such as lobster tail.
Does Fogo de Chao Bellevue take reservations?
Yes. Reservations run through OpenTable on the official site for parties of 1 to 14. Groups of 15 or more, up to a full buyout, book through the Bellevue group-dining team; as of August 2026 the restaurant lists three event spaces with a private-room combination that seats 72.
Where do you park for Fogo de Chao at Lincoln Square?
The Lincoln Square South garage, or the valet the restaurant offers. On weekdays garage parking is free for 3 hours with validation from the restaurant; in the evenings and on weekends no validation is needed. Bellevue Square’s free garages are directly across Bellevue Way.
What should you order at Fogo de Chao?
Say yes to the picanha every time it comes around and go easy on the Market Table until you have had a first pass of meat. The Dry-Aged Tomahawk Ancho is the shareable upgrade, the Papaya Cream is the dessert, and the caipirinha at Bar Fogo is the drink.
Is there a cheaper way to eat at Fogo de Chao Bellevue?
Lunch churrasco is priced below dinner, and Bar Fogo runs an all-day happy hour with a bar-bites menu and discounted caipirinhas as of August 2026. Check the official Bellevue page for the current lunch and bar pricing before you go.