Long before Barbacoa and company hooked Tokyo's meat-eating masses on churrasco, basement big boy Tucano's served as a conveniently located but still attractively hidden sanctuary for Shibuya ...

Sao Paulo-born Barbacoa already has restaurants in Aoyama, Marunouchi, Shinjuku and Shibuya, and now sets up shop in Roppongi, only minutes away from fellow 2014 upstart Rio Grande Grill.