Mapping the best Latin food in Port Chester
Posted: December 7, 2008 Filed under: Food | Tags: Brazilian, Colombian, feijoada, Guatemalan, Latin, mexican, new york, paletas, peruvian, port chester, pupusas, Salvadoran, tacos, tortas, uruguayan 1 CommentI’ve decided to start using Google Maps much more to visually lay out the best food around. I’ll probably do this by topic and by location. So, first on the docket is charting all the good Latin restaurants in Port Chester. Here’s a start. This map will grow as I get around to loading it up with all the places I’ve been to. Right now, this represents about half of the places I’ve been to in PC.
New in Port Chester: Brazileirinho Café
Posted: March 31, 2008 Filed under: Food | Tags: brazileirinho, Brazilian, cafe, farofa, feijoada, lunch, new york, port chester Leave a commentI was heading to lunch elsewhere in Port Chester today, but when I saw that the old Los Paisanos place was now gone and in its place was a new, bright little brazilian place, I slammed on my brakes, made an illegal u-turn and headed there for lunch (thank me later for sacrificing my life on a rainy afternoon for the sake of my chowhound friends…).
The place does a good little lunch buffet for $3.99 a pound. The buffet is about 10 feet long, with about 4 or 5 different salads, about 4 entree type dishes, and the standard, rice, beans and soups.
I got some good roast pork, a nice herb-y cabbage salad, rice, beans (pinto, not black), pork, some pasta, chicken, etc. I tried to sample as much as I could. The best way I’d describe this is brazilian comfort food. It was nice, homey food that was very satisfying for lunch. Plus, my dinner, plus a can of guarana was less than $6.
The pork had great flavor, if a bit overcooked. The chicken was very good. The beans, sprinkled with farofa, was earthy and comforting – perfect for the cold, rainy day.
They didn’t have feijoada, but they said that they make it on Saturdays.
Anyhow, it’s a nice little place. I wouldn’t call it a destination place, by any means, but nice brazilian comfort food akin to what you find at Brasil Cafe on Main. I haven’t been there in quite some time, but it would be worthwhile to do a side by side compare…
Hmm. That’s a good idea. I think I have my marching orders for the coming week…
Brazileirinho Cafe Restaurant
118 Westchester Ave., Port Chester, NY 10573
[originally published on Chowhound]
Adam Christensen 