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| - It's a small mom and pop Portuguese restaurant. It's a very sparse facility in terms of dining in, but the women running the place exude a lot of warmth. The Brazilian lady who cooks (and is the owner as well) is over 50 and her mother who helps out is over 70: both very sprightly, funny and hard working! They're always giving me free stuff to try out to educate me about Brazilian culture.
The food especially their pork dishes and rotisserie chicken is consistently good. Their rotisserie chicken is usually very moist, crispy skin and coated with great piri-piri. I'm a big fan of all their pork preparations: chops, ribs, belly, sweat meats, et all. The beef dishes can be a hit or miss. They also make good fried sardines, octopus stew, and cod fish chops. Sometimes, they'll even have game meat like rabbit or partridge. There's a lot of variety on offer each day: rice, potatoes, beans, chicken, fish, pork/beef. Their stews could be less oily and sometimes, even less salty ( but I take abnormally low salt in my food). For 10 bucks, hell even 8 bucks, I can eat two filling meals! It's hearty, tasty, fresh, unpretentious fare.
The food and hospitality get a 3.5.
Those in the 'hood, give this place yo dollars. Obrigado!
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