Pedroca’s Burguer originally started as an Instagram account where founder Pedro shared his homemade take on Brazilian burgers and hotdogs. Perfect For: Lunch Outdoor/Patio Situation It’s topped with tender shredded chicken mixed with creamy catupiry cheese that creates a mousse-like consistency that’s then generously spread on fresh pizza dough and baked until golden brown on top. I also recommend the shop’s best-seller: catupiry chicken. You can mix and match slices from different pies, but my favorite is the classic Portuguesa pizza that comes with diced ham, green peas, black olives, and sliced hard-boiled egg. Where things get really interesting is Roma’s rodizio-style menu, which is Brazilian Portuguese for all-you-can-eat pizza. Located in a Culver City strip mall between some other Brazilian shops, here you’ll find pies topped with things like Portuguese calabresa sausage, shredded dried beef, hearts of palm, and creamy catupiry cheese. No one will police you if you use your hands, but when at Roma Specialty Pizza, do as the regulars do. The one thing to know about Brazilian pizza is that it’s always thin-crust and always eaten with a fork and knife. In true Brazilian fashion, Brazilian BBQ is only open on the weekends starting on Friday at 4pm, so plan accordingly. These aren’t on the menu, but trust me, the squeaky, cheese curd-y skewers are there and waiting for you. They also serve cheese skewers, which are my childhood favorite and the ideal first course before some tender picanha. Order a chicken heart skewer too - it’s a grill-out staple in Brazil and perfect for snacking on while you wait for the rest of your food to arrive.
The grill’s standard picanha plate is the thing to get, and comes with rice, beans, toasted cassava flour (farofa), and vinaigrette, but their picanha sandwich on ciabatta bread with vinaigrette and mozzarella cheese is another barbecue masterpiece that I’d (happily) battle the summer heat for.
Conveniently named Brazilian BBQ, this food stand (located in a Rite-Aid parking lot) has a variety of cuts to choose from, including picanha, linguiça, pork belly, and bacon-wrapped chicken. Perfect For: Lunch Outdoor/Patio Situation Serious Take-Out OperationĬhurrasco-style BBQ has garnered worldwide attention, but rarely do you find it curbside as you do in Brazil. These beef and bulgur wheat croquettes are perfectly crispy on the outside and satisfyingly dense on the inside, making them a great choice for an afternoon snack. They also sell kibe, a Brazilian take on the Lebanese kibbeh. This savory choux dough dumpling is stuffed with creamy cheese and shredded chicken before being breaded, fried, and topped with hot sauce.
The small window is located in the back corner of El Camaguey Meat Market on Venice Blvd, and while the menu is relatively small, it’s filled with familiar favorites from Brazilian luncheonettes, starting with the coxinha with catupiry. Culver City’s Cantinho Brasileiro has been preserving the Brazilian community’s love for salgados since opening in 2012. These savory snacks exist in a variety of shapes, are either baked or fried, and can be filled with meat, seafood, vegetables, or cheese. This is where the famed salgados come into play. Perfect For: Lunch Serious Take-Out Operationīrazil’s vibrant social culture usually leads to gathering around a table for either coffee or beers and a selection of finger foods to munch on. Down it all with a Guarana soda and you’ve just finished a tour of Brazil’s greatest hits. The linguiça at Pampas has just the right kick of spice, and the picanha’s fatty cap melts with each bite. Everything here is cooked to perfection, but my personal favorites are the linguiça (Brazilian pork sausage) and the picanha (top sirloin cap). From there, make your way over to the churrasco-style meats. Recognized as Brazil’s national dish, this hearty pork, beef, and black bean stew comes with white rice, toasted cassava flour, and collard greens sauteed with garlic. The concept sounds pretty economic at first, but I usually get carried away with their impressive display of Brazilian classics. Here you pay by the weight of your plate, rather than a set price. ‘Kilo’ restaurants bring back such vivid memories of my childhood trips to Brazil, so naturally, I was very excited to find one inside The Farmers Market next to the Grove. Perfect For: Literally Everyone Lunch Outdoor/Patio Situation
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