Argentinean Grill Open! It's Meat ON!

This past Saturday, that handsome Nestor Nunez and team quietly opened the much-anticipated Martin Fierro Argentinean Grill and Rodizio — and I can tell you — it's fabulous! It's located at 314 Broadway, with a big window where you can watch the chefs in action... ...or come inside and get a little drink action with hottie mixologist Karen Adams. The full bar is stocked with Argentine wines and specialty drinks. Hostess Reneé Rush will seat you (reservations required: 408.1300), and Lisa Bobo and Laura Lowery will be among the many folks waiting on your every need. So here's how it works: First you enjoy an awesome salad bar. But don't fill up there, even though it's all delish... ...because this hunka-hunka, Eugene Nunez (Nestor's son), helps to oversee all the hunka-hunka meats that will soon parade over to your table... ...thanks to the Gauchos. These super cute fellas, Frank Corona, Fernando Morales and Jesus Lemus, serve sausage, chicken, pork and sirlon right from the skewer and right at your table — like all of those, one after another. That's the Rodizio part. And I'm not going to lie. It's the most delicious meat medley I've ever tasted. And they have this little system — you'll have a card at your table. Leave the green side up when you're ready for more. Turn it over to red and the Gauchos know to give you a little break. But the thing is, it's not at all overwhelming. The portion sizes are just right so that you truly enjoy everything without that post-Thanksgiving-turkey hangover most of us are still recovering from! So how did an Argentinean Grill find its way to Paducah? These guys. Hottie Eugene and Hottie Cousin Santiago Norte came to Mayfield to play soccer for Mid-Continent University. They'd have parties whenever Nestor and wife Laura came to visit. "Nestor would cook and everyone would tell us how unbelievable the food was," Santiago says — not surprising, since Nestor owns 15 such grills in his native country of Uruguay. The Nunezs and the Nortes received so much encouragement from local folks that they decided to make Paducah their first "international" location! Stop in for lunch, Tuesday-Friday, 11 a.m.-2 p.m., and dinner Tuesday-Thursday, 4:30-9 p.m., and Friday and Saturday, 4-10 p.m. Sunday brunch rocks: 11 a.m.-2 p.m. Get your meat on!

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