Belo, a Brazilian eatery, will open at 48-06 Skillman Ave. in April.
Jan. 29, 2018 By Nathaly Pesantez
A Brazilian eatery will be opening on Skillman Avenue in the coming months, serving up a variety of dishes by-the-pound in a buffet-style setting.
Belo, the name of the upcoming restaurant, is set to open no later than April at 48-06 Skillman Ave., and is a joint venture by Alcove co-owner Jonathan Cordeiro and his father, Gilson Cordeiro, who has spent decades working in the restaurant business.
The restaurant takes after a concept seen widely in Brazilian restaurants, where patrons can choose from a range of foods in several stations and pay by its weight.
Belo will feature a barbecue station toward the back of the restaurant, where diners can choose meats like Picanha steak (sirloin cap), Brazilian-style skirt steak, pork sausages, and rotisserie chicken.
A separate hot plate area will mostly offer a variety of Brazilian dishes, like beef stew and seafood-based plates, along with rice and beans, rotated daily. Another station will focus on salads, fruits, and vegetables. Desserts and pastries will also be available.
The new restaurant will also offer a full-service bar and a selection of local craft beers. It will also be able to seat about 50 diners.
The Alcove co-owner said the upcoming restaurant is “a dream come true”, as it’s a chance to work with his father, who taught him everything he knows about the restaurant industry.
“He got me into this business without even knowing,” Jonathan said. “I tried to emulate my father so much—he has over 40 years of experience in this.”
Gilson, a native of Brazil’s Belo Horizonte (after which the new restaurant is named), owned a restaurant in the southeastern city many years ago, where Jonathan and his brothers would work over the summer. “You really don’t know how much you learn,” Jonathan said. “I owe it all to my dad.”
Jonathan added that the restaurant is also a place his dad can call his own after many years of helping others build their businesses, which includes the Copper Kettle on the corner of 51st Street and Skillman Avenue, where Jonathan also used to work.
The Cordeiros are currently fixing up the site’s interior, which used to be a thrift store, and are focusing on creating an identity for the restaurant independent from the Alcove, which is owned by Jonathan and his wife, Maria Posada.
“It’s very important for the place to have a personality,” Jonathan said. “A fun part for us is creating this new place and doing it in a way that is unique.”
The father-and-son duo are aiming for a mid to late April opening for Belo. The restaurant will likely open at 11 a.m. every day, and close at midnight on weekdays and 1 a.m. on weekends.
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This is great news. Sunnyside needs more diverse restaurants (not just bars). It’s time the neighborhood gets more attention.
protein protein protein! Needed this
Wishing you guys the best of luck. I know it will be a success. Love you
I think this would be a better idea for Astoria or Jackson Heights. This is a small neighborhood and we are already saturated with restaurants and bars. I wish them good luck but I remember what happened to the Murphy’s “sea food place”. It seems that dive bars do really well – not different or with better variety.
Less variety. Good call
Joining the others in wishing the best of luck for the new place! Can’t wait for it to open :).
Congratulatons to you guys, the perfect couple. I wish you the best, you deserve it. Blessings.
Alcove is amazing. I have high hopes for this place!
I am a Sunnysider from Belo Horizonte as well and this is great!
How many times my family and I wished for brasilian meat right here!
Obrigado e sucesso!
Can’t wait! Alcove is amazing and I’m sure Belo will be just as good.
Being a huge fan of Brazilian Restaurants, seating for only 50 especially on the weekends is very small.
Need one here in NW Georgia. Brazilian rest. in chattanooga, tn went other day for my Bd. Was not impressed. Very disappointed.
I wish we had something like this in Columbia,SC. I wish you well.
Rioz in Columbia SC. I’m from there and that place is awesome
Congrats Jonathan! Can’t wait to see the new place and to try all the yummy food I’m sure you’ll have 🙂
I hope I never get a chance to enter your newly opened store, because I want it to be jam packed with customers all the time. Good luck. Karl n Marie
Congrats Maria and Jonathan!
We love the Alcove and Jonathan is always so accommodating! Can’t wait for more new restaurants on Skillman.
Amazing. Anything Jonathan touches will be gold. Can’t wait.
I love Brazilian. Really great news! Boa Sorte!
Love this idea!
Will this restaurant have vegan options?
“The new restaurant will also offer a full-service bar and a selection of local craft beers.” And there is a tree out front. What more do you want?
Vegan options?
What’s up with the old Murphys? It’s been sitting like that for a year.
So this is gonna be like Sizzler?
….hope the place is great!!
Sounds great, and the owner is always so nice at Alcove. I’ll be there!
All the best. Sounds like a great addition to area. Mikey is going to love it!!!
Super psyched for this style of cuisine in the neighborhood
Good Luck Jonathan.