AUTHENTIC BRAZILIAN FIND: This is the best place around to get authentic Brazilian food and groceries. They stock a wide range of items you simply won't find in other grocery stores in the DC area, which makes it a go to if you're looking for specialty ingredients. The prepared food is excellent and tastes truly authentic. It's clear they take pride in doing things the right way. From what I've seen and heard, it's highly regarded by the many Brazilians in the local community, which says a lot. If you want the real flavors of Brazil, you've found it! Or actually, I found it for you :) read more

My husband and I actually drove 40 minutes to go to this market because we wanted to make a gift basket with authentic, Brazilian items for a friend for Christmas! This market is the quintessential corner type market. It has a nice assortment of items, as well as a space to actually order and purchase food items. The staff was very friendly and helpful. The store had a lot to offer. read more

Got a Yelp email talking about area businesses, and I remembered one on the list, By Brazil when I lived in Wheaton, and figured I could crank this review out short & quickly as it's been a long day today Monday, January 5, after being off work for 2 weeks during the holidays. I also didn't want my 1st review of 2026 to be the next restaurant on my alphabet series. I went here one time in late 2019 or early 2020 with my girlfriend at the time. We both got acai bowls, which were great. I think it was my first time ever having an acai bowl ever, and I really enjoyed, but it's a rare thing I eat. I've had some better acai bowls since then, but this was a solid choice. read more

A wonderful find -- in a strip mall in Wheaton. This is a Brazilian grocery store with a cafe/bakery all in one space. I ended up wandering over to this place while my family was waiting for our lunch at a nearby restaurant. I had a hankering for pão de queijo, a famed snack in Brazil made out of tapioca flour, milk, eggs, olive oil and stuffed with cheese. If you're gluten-free, this is the snack for you! After our lunch at the restaurant nearby, my family and I walked back over. The kids of course had to get more food! They both wanted the Pastéis (a fried pastry stuffed with meat). Even though I was still full, I still ordered a Coxinha (a dense fried dumpling stuffed with chicken). This is not a Weight Watchers day! Before we left, we decided to pick up some desserts to take to a party later that night. We ordered 8 Brigadeiro (chocolate balls covered with chocolate sprinkles). Our friends said they tasted just like a giant tootsie roll! We also got 2 cups filled with what looked like chocolate pudding and cake. Our kids picked that out. We were all so full by the end! read more

The coxinhas are a bit dried out. 3/5. Pasteles probably a better buy but nothing is made fresh to order other than açaí bowls maybe. Fresh squeezed orange juice for $4. 5/5 Food offerings 2/5. Dessert offerings 4/5. Brazilian market is a solid 5/5. Clean and modern looking place, with ample tables and chairs. Friendly service. read more

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Best acai bowl I've ever had. All the ingredients are fresh and flavorful. I actually got the cup and it's more than enough, very generous with their sides. The empanadas are so amazingly flaky but still some crunch. I could eat the breading alone. The beef filling was ok, a lil dry, would like cheese with it maybe. They do offer some good free sauces though. Staff are super friendly and always smiling. Nice environment to sit and eat also if you want to. read more

By Brazil - Beef empanada - A person is seated inside a vehicle, holding a beef empanada with a bite taken out of it. The empanada has a golden, flaky crust and visible filling of ground meat and vegetables. The person’s hand is visible, and the background shows the interior of the vehicle, including a gear shift and a spoon on the center console. - Imported Food Near Me - Silver Spring, Maryland

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I come here occasionally with our Au Pair who is from Brazil. We have a great experience each time since she is able to find food that we have not seen selling anywhere else so far. We are able to stock up on a bunch of Brazilian treats for our home! I love learning about the different food that they have here too! Some things that I recommend you try at By Brazil: cheesy bread, hearts of palm, suco concentrado passionfruit flavored, guarana soda, yoki farofa, and their bakery items. The staff here are nice. Besides groceries they do make pastries and acai. read more

By Brazil - a display case with a variety of pastries - Imported Food Near Me - Silver Spring, Maryland

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I'm an American, married to a Brazilian (yes, I won the happiness lottery), and we typically go here every weekend. We appreciate the staff. They are helpful and friendly, and we look forward to seeing them. Our favorite snacks are the pão de queijo (the best I've had), the risoles de camarão, and the coxinhas. The coffee is good too. We especially like it when they play Brazilian music. There's also a nice little shop with lots of imported products from Brazil. The price of the picanha is currently 6.99/lb for the Australian beef and I think 7.99/lb for the American beef. Those are very good prices. If you're having trouble, finding parking, there's a parking lot around the corner on University Ave, and Elkin Street, behind the Dollar Store. Lots of spaces there. This family-owned business recently celebrated its 25th anniversary. I just hope they're around for another 25 years. read more

They are very helpful in finding what you need, and advising best product to use. Every time I have gone there they are well stocked.

Really good stop for Brazilian groceries and authentic açaí bowls. Don't get honey like me, get yours with condensed or powdered milk like a real Brazilian! read more

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Great food! Great service! Great ambient! The coxinhas are amazing. I wish they had pao de sal, but still love it!

Um pedacinho do Brasil em Maryland. Amei tudo. Morando há quatro anos nos Estados Unidos, fiquei até emocionada ao encontrar chá matte Leão, sabonete Phebo e goiabada. read more

We live over on the Virginia side in Arlington so it's not often we make it over to this area. But when we are here, we make sure to stop by since there are some items they have here fresher/in greater supply than at European Foods Import/Export ... or the nearby Las Americas market around the corner. The most common items we make sure to pick up here: - More options of snacks and desserts, including imported Pé de Moleque or the fresh Pão de Mel you can get at the register - Various brands and genres of condiments and sauces, including molho de tomate from Elefante and Pomarola - A wider and fresher selection of breakfast and snack items, including Piraquê crackers and Pão de Queijo with Catupiry It's pretty cramped in here with how busy it gets, but to their credit the recent renovation (i.e. clearing and brightening up the main seating area) has improved things by leaps and bounds. I wouldn't recommend most of the salgadinhos -- they're edible but nothing special -- and parking here can be a nightmare sometimes. But for stocking up your pantry, this place has nearly everything you're looking for and is well worth the occasional trip. read more

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Yummmmmy!! We visited this Brazilian gem and fell in love with the food served. The staff was very helpful and took the time to explain about their food. Most of the customers were speaking Portuguese, the staff was fully bilingual and courteous. I can even say, they were happy!! Do not miss visiting By Brazil. They also have a small market with Brazilian products. read more

What a cute little store!!! What a little cute store!!! What a store cute little! It looked like everything was so clean and new, so I was like "When did you guys open?". And then the cashier was like.. " 14 years ago"... "Store cute little a what?!" So we got a few pastries... all of which involved condensed milk... and all of which tasted a lot like condensed milk. We also got this sweet cornbread cake thing that was under a cloche (one of my favorite words- cloche)... and they have free mini cups of espresso style coffee that you can take. A bunch of brazilian products, including but not limited too, sandals, cookies, shampoo, etc. A ton of seating! Much more than you would think. Everyone was very nice. Definitely a family run operation. I'll definitly be back! read more

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This place is a hidden gem! I am obsessed with their açaí bowls. The bowl is filled to the brim with delicious açaí and topped with granola, honey, bananas and strawberries. Unlike other açaí places I have tried, they give you so much açaí. Also they have two different sizes ( cup and bowl). I legit get this at least once a week. read more

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Really awful. We love Brazilian food. This was just awful The chicken pastel was probably from the day before (we went at 5.00pm). Very dry and stale. The coxinha was old too and what made it worse was that it was cold almost frozen in the middle. To top it off the people were unfriendly. Maybe they just had a bad day. I'll never be going there again. read more

i honestly love coming here, there's a huge variety of brazilian goods to choose/eat/buy from, the açaí tastes good and there's a cute place to sit and eat there if you want, and i love this place for this! however the customer service is truly bad. i've been treated bad and rude by the staff, same with my mom, even if you talk to them in a good mood and politely they'll treat you with a sassy attitude. they won't say you're welcome or even a hello back most of the time (of course this doesn't apply to ALL staff, but for the majority) hopefully this will change in the future. read more

Came in for the Açaí bowl, and it's probably the best I've ever had! The staff is super friendly and accommodating. I didn't want banana in my bowl because I have an allergy, and they were quick to find an equally delicious substitute! Highly recommend for anyone lookingn to get an acai bowl or even just looking for local Brazilian foods! read more

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Gadzooks! I would have never gone inside this place if it wasn't for a mate at my Brazilian jiujitsu class (at Bartman MMA up the street). She happens to be Brazilian and recommended we try some authentic Brazilian bites after our Brazilian training, so we tailgated there. I think I had driven by four times a week and never knew what was inside. This storefront is so modest you'd never know inside they have a fresh baked deli/bakery section, small retail shop, small grocery mart, and brazilian film/music selection. I recommend their coffee, cheese bread (which they also have a frozen version to take and bake), and ACAI bowls. Get there at least 30 minutes before closing so they have time to make an ACAI bowl for you, because they are made to order. They take the fresh acai fruit and scrape it out and grind it down, pour it in a bowl, covered with sliced bananas, brazilian honey, and granola. Gawd it is soo good, and refreshing, it's like eating a smoothie :) read more

By Brazil - Acai Bowl - Imported Food Near Me - Silver Spring, Maryland

Quaint shop, staff was friendly. I came here to buy conditioner. There's a store side & a restaurant/cafe side

I've never been schooled with Brazilian food, so I'm not sure about the rest of the goods here, but I do know how much I love grabbing bags of frozen pao de queijo home whenever I'm in the area. Don't know what pao de quejio is? Cheese balls from heaven - light, fluffy, and not overally cheesy. They always have fruit smoothies (that I will one day order) and hot baked goodies; I've been a fatty multiple times and taken home frozen pao de queijo And baked ones to eat on the car ride home). Downsides: Parking and checkout. Almost never any parking and it must be a (Brazilian) thing to take your time and talk for 10 minutes to each customer; I'm more of an in-and-out-grab-your-things-and-go kinda person. read more

They might have a decent tasting acai bowl but for the price ($12) I would at LEAST expect the few strawberries, bananas and granola on top to be organic. I mean strawberries are the #1 most heavily chemically treated fruit..Just sayin though..the price is a bit steep. I used to live in San Diego, Ca where I would buy a huge and I mean HUGE (enough for 3 people) vegan acai bowl topped with all kinds of organic berries and the best granola I have ever tasted - everything organic down to the granola for $8 and it was right by the beach! read more

I volunteered in Bahia for 3 months. Ate everything under the sun! This place allows you to recreate your fave authentic meals and they even have a wide variety of Brazilian pickled chili's and hot sauces that I thought I would never see again! Great Açaí as well read more

I was craving pao de queijo so I took my daughter to check out the store. I've driven by it a million times but never gone in. The store is much larger then it looks on the outside. We browsed around at the frozen goods (empanadas, pigs in a blanket, etc.) but I couldn't find the pao de queijo. I asked a staff member and she smiled and pointed to a whole freezer dedicated to them! There were 3-4 different brands. I picked out a big bag and also bought one fresh to share with my daughter. Very tasty! We went home and baked a few and they hit the spot! I'd like to come back and try an acai bowl or some pastries. read more

This place has some great, authentic products. I needed to find some high-quality Hearts of Palm (palmitos) for a salad and they delivered! They have 3 or 4 different sizes and I went with the big 32oz can. Delicious! I'll be back. read more

Great authentic place ! This is all you're looking for and more ! Have a wide variety and staff is very friendly. read more

Today was my first time in there after passing it for years and wondering what it was. I decided to pop in and bought a variety of savory stuff from the bakery. Everything was delicious, but the pastel de frango (chicken pies) were SO GOOD. I could've seriously eaten 3-4 more of them. I will definitely be back. read more

They have lived in Brazil for several years and I was so happy to find so many groceries in there, I have been missing. Everything is imported, but for that, the prices are actually ok. The staff is super friendly and I love that they have sweets and snacks (doces e salgadinhos) as well as fresh juices, just like in Brazil! It seems like a small store with a lanchonete dentro. read more

My daughter and I came for an açaí bowl and we were very happy. The bowl was fresh and flavorful. We shared the bowl and it was enough for 2. We will be returning soon! read more

I love acai bowls. This place is great to curve that craving. Love this place. The quick bites to eat are delicious.

It was somewhat of a weird store but with all things Brazilian. A small grocery section, a small cafe, a video store and even a rack for perfume. I was excited to find the sweet Manioc starch for pao de queijo it's would be exciting to make with authentic brazilian taipoca starch. I checked out the food warmer where there were a selection of doughy pastry we selected a couple of pastry filled with chicken and I asked if they had pao de queijo at the store they made it much bigger in size so I didnt recognize it. It turned out as expected too much gooey starch on the inside when it's too big in size. We also wanted to try the acai item. I pointed at the photo honestly I had no idea what it was. The lady took a long time to make it. It was a acai smoothie topped with sliced bananas, strawberries and honey. It was da bomb! It was that good it deserved 4-stars. read more

By far the best acai bowl I have ever had. Can't find anything as authentic or comparable even in NY or LA. Love this local gem.

I had a great experience at By Brazil this morning. I was craving an acai bowl and I am so happy I chose to get one from By Brazil. It was so delicious and perfect for a hot day. I also loved the bananas, strawberries, granola, and honey that were on top of the acai bowl. The staff was also very nice and I can't wait to come back. read more

By Brazil - The Acai bowl was soooooo delicious! It is big enough to share with another person! Highly Recommend! - Imported Food Near Me - Silver Spring, Maryland

This shop is cozy but seems to have all the essentials from flours to shampoo, condiments and sausages! The staff could answer my question right and was very happy here. This is now our designated shop for Brazilian/ Portuguese groceries! read more

You Should Check It Out In this area there isn't much of a Brazilian community. I met a Brazilian girl in a class I was taking, and I asked her where I could get some Guarana. I love that stuff. She mentioned this place. It's a tiny little supermarket type place that sells Brazilian foods. It's not even a supermarket. It's maybe a small-sized 7-11 type store. When you first walk in they have music CDs displayed. Then they have a lot of Brazilian products. I went right to the cooler where I got a couple of cans of Guarana. They have some warm ready-to-eat foods. I asked the lady to get me whichever is the best. I let her pick it out. It was like an empanada shredded chicken wrapped in dough, but there was something else in there like cheese or something. Whatever it was, it was pretty good. I'm kicking myself right now because I didn't try the pao de quejo cheese bread. I heard that the Brazilian cheese bread is pretty good. I'll make sure I get that next time. read more

My favorite place to go enjoy Brazilian foodies.. My favorite is "Pao de queijo" (cheese bread). I love it!! read more

Came in for an açaí bowl after hiking on a hot day. Yelp led me Used to California açaí bowls that are 6-8 dollars so was surprised to see the $11.99 for a regular bowl. Place was empty but I was 3rd in line? (Maybe you can call in orders or they also make for the restaurant around the corner). I did get a smoothie sample while I waited which was nice. Pleasant staff and clean store. read more

I tried coxinha and cheese bread and they are delicious. There are plenty of brazilian products and the prices are ok.

Just discovered this place today when looking for açaí bowls near me. I always passed by it not having a clue that it was a Brazilian market and smoothie bar. (You have to walk inside to see this) But I had the best Açaí bowl! It only comes in one size and is actually large enough for two people. Very friendly employees. It's definitely a hidden gem! read more