Texas de Brazil in Carlsbad opened in March 2019 at The Shoppes at Carlsbad on El Camino Real, bringing the largest Brazilian-American steakhouse brand in the world to San Diego's North County. The rodizio-style format uses a green-and-red disc system to signal gaucho servers who carve flame-grilled meats tableside from skewers—a theatrical presentation model that parallels the teppanyaki performance at Benihana on the same El Camino Real corridor. Founded in 1998 and now operating restaurants across 21 states and seven countries, the brand, though this Carlsbad location customizes its 50-item salad area with regional produce and maintains outdoor seating suited to the coastal climate. The meat program rotates cuts of picanha, lamb chops, filet mignon, Parmesan-crusted pork loin, and bacon-wrapped chicken breast, each grilled over natural wood charcoal in an open-kitchen format visible from the dining room. The wine cellar pairs California and South American selections—including a private-label line bottled in Chile—with the traditional Caipirinha cocktail program, while the Carlsbad steakhouse category it anchors extends into artisan meat sourcing at The Wise Ox Butcher & Deli elsewhere in town. Brazilian side dishes including pão de queijo (cheese bread), feijoada (black bean stew), Moqueca (coconut fish stew), and sweet fried bananas accompany the proteins, each prepared from traditional recipes rather than Americanized adaptations.