"Cafe Brasil is a Culver City institution that’s been serving its all-day menu for over 30 years. Mornings include freshly squeezed passion fruit juice, strong Brazilian coffee that makes your neck hairs jolt up, and soft scrambled eggs hugging sides of sweet plantains and collard greens. By the time lunch rolls around at this cafe, there's usually a soccer game on TV, Brazilian exchange students filing in for fried, beef-stuffed pastels, and the sandwich press toasting up juicy linguiça sandwiches. But what makes Café Brasil so special is its significance for Brazilians in Los Angeles, who use this spot for a quick salgadinho pit-stop or to spend a whole afternoon chit-chatting over a cafezinho. " - Sylvio Martins