The family-run restaurant is a carnivore's paradise specializing in Argentinian-style parrialladas of grilled beef.
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"This is a copycat of the restaurants that we have in Montevideo Buenos Aires," diner Rafael Freira explained.
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Wife and husband owners Vicky Suarez and Javier Mendez opened Pampa Grill eight years ago to satisfy fellow South American diners looking for a taste of home, but the restaurant's over-the-top portions soon won over Houstonians with Texas-sized appetites.
"Their first reaction is, 'Oh my gosh, this is too much,'" Suarez laughs.
The restaurant's signature dish - the Parrillada - is a $35 platter of six different kinds of meat: flank steak, skirt steak, short rib, beef sausage, blood sausage, and chicken.
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It's served hot over charcoal to keep the food warm at the table. Mendez, a trained pastry chef, has also earned the praise of vegetarians with his cooked-to-order over-stuffed spinach and cheese enchiladas.
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"They make everything with so much heart and so much dedication, that you can taste it," diner Pablo Valqui explains.
But Pampa offers more than just a generous meal. The couple also serves up a huge helping of hospitality.
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"When people come for the first time and I hug somebody, they say 'Okay, next time you are going to hug me,'" Suarez laughs.
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