Fogo de Chao files for IPO

The Fogo de Chao Brazilian steakhouse chain has filed Securities and Exchange Commission documents for an initial public stock offering.

The size and timing of the offering have not yet been determined, the company said in a statement.

Fogo specializes in churrasco cooking, or roasting meats on skewers over open flames. Customers pay one price for as much meat as they’d like. It currently operates 26 restaurants in the United States, Puerto Rico and Brazil.

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