{"id":311530,"date":"2026-05-27T23:03:17","date_gmt":"2026-05-27T23:03:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/311530\/"},"modified":"2026-05-27T23:03:17","modified_gmt":"2026-05-27T23:03:17","slug":"chama-gaucha-debuts-new-downtown-san-antonio-steakhouse","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/311530\/","title":{"rendered":"Chama Ga\u00facha debuts new downtown San Antonio steakhouse"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Three years after teasing its second San Antonio location, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.chamagaucha.com\/\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer nofollow\" target=\"_blank\">Chama Ga\u00facha<\/a> is finally carving a place in the downtown dining scene. The locally owned Brazilian steakhouse says it is now <a href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/p\/DYsY1mnvNX5\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">welcoming guests<\/a> at 217 E Houston St. <\/p>\n<p>The opening now makes the 200 block of Houston a sort of steak district. In addition to Chama Ga\u00facha, The Palm and Bohanan\u2019s Prime Steaks and Seafood are just steps away from the Majestic Theatre.<\/p>\n<p>Chama was founded in 2008 by Jo\u00e3o Carlos Ongaratto, a 20-year veteran of Fogo de Ch\u00e3o who struck out on his own with a restaurant at 18318 Sonterra Pl. The mini-chain now has locations in Houston, Chicago, and Grapevine in addition to Alamo City.<\/p>\n<p>Chama Ga\u00facha follows the churrascaria template, serving a dozen cuts of meat like picanha (prime cut sirloin), cordeiro (lamb), and porco (pork ribs dusted in parmesan). Gauchos wander around the dining room, hand-carving the cuts from skewers at the table.<\/p>\n<p class=\"shortcode-media shortcode-media-rebelmouse-image\">        <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" id=\"88170\" data-rm-shortcode-id=\"d3600b5cfea888feec28e6011c359974\" data-rm-shortcode-name=\"rebelmouse-image\" class=\"rm-shortcode rm-lazyloadable-image \" lazy-loadable=\"true\" src=\"data:image\/svg+xml,%3Csvg%20xmlns=\" http:=\"\" data-runner-src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/chama-gaucha-downtown-san-antonio.jpg\" width=\"1467\" height=\"1100\" alt=\"Chama Gaucha downtown San Antonio.\"\/>                        Chama Ga\u00facha gets to the meat of the matter.Chama Ga\u00facha\/ Facebook<\/p>\n<p>A massive salad bar stocked with cheese, vegetables, and charcuterie cuts through all the beef. Guests can also order sides such as caramelized bananas, garlic mashed potatoes, and p\u00e3o de queijo \u2014 Brazil\u2019s famous tapioca-flour cheese bread.<\/p>\n<p>The downtown Chama Ga\u00facha has been one of San Antonio\u2019s most feverishly anticipated restaurants. It first filed a case with the city\u2019s Historic and Design Review Commission in October 2023, later submitting state regulatory paperwork in June 2024. The original timeline estimated a summer 2025 debut.<\/p>\n<p>The company, which also owns J-Prime Steakhouse, also has a mysterious new concept in the works. The group has launched a website for a restaurant called <a href=\"https:\/\/arderebraceria.com\/\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer nofollow\" target=\"_blank\">Ard\u0113re Braceria Italiana<\/a>, purportedly opening in fall 2026.<\/p>\n<p><script async src=\"\/\/www.instagram.com\/embed.js\"><\/script><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Three years after teasing its second San Antonio location, Chama Ga\u00facha is finally carving a place in the&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":311531,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[8],"tags":[14149,1808,993,423,82,84,83,23079],"class_list":["post-311530","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-san-antonio","tag-brazilian-steakhouse","tag-chains","tag-downtown","tag-openings","tag-san-antonio","tag-san-antonio-headlines","tag-san-antonio-news","tag-steak"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/311530","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=311530"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/311530\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/311531"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=311530"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=311530"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=311530"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}