"The block of Midtown on which this elegant restaurant sits has long been known as Little Brazil, and is still the site of a festival every year at the start of September. The restaurant now has some very nice tented tables right on the street, with the same white-coated waiter service and specials that run to the national dish of black-bean feijoada, all sorts of stuffed fritters, and Afro-Brazilian specialties like shrimp-laden vatapa." - Robert Sietsema