"Since Via Brasil opened in 1978, they’ve had to put up with a lot. They’ve watched most of the other Little Brazil businesses in Midtown disappear. Argentina has won three World Cups. But despite all that, Via Brasil seems unfazed. On weekends, there’s live Brazilian jazz, backed by a white grand piano, and on any day, you’ll find servers in suits and ties filling wine glasses and theatrically lifting the lids off steaming mini-cauldrons of feijoada. Use some rice and farofa to soak up the juices from the garlicky picanha steak, and if anyone tells you that’s against the rules, remind them how Argentina got that second World Cup." - Neha Talreja, Matt Tervooren