American by Birth, Brasileiro by choice I had to come here. I a feeling that I had been missing out on By Brazil so I bookmarked it until I could the trek way up to Wheaton-Silver Spring. I love Brazil, problems and all. It is my home away from home. But I must say that the food isn't what does it for me. Street food says a lot about a place and the street food in Brazil just isn't that good in my opinion. Great churros but outside of that, not too def. Now, the thing I loved most about Brazilian cuisine is the Açai Bowls. By Brazil was my first foray Stateside into the pool of Açai. I found the staff the staff to nice and helpful. Everyone spoke Portuguese and though I am far from fluent they let me do my thing so that was good. Placing my order for an Açai Bowl I also got Pao de Queijo. Pao de Queijo is one of those salgados(snacks) that I am not too big one but I recognize so I guess I had too. The Pao de Queijo was up to Brazilian standards. Much better than the Yoki brand mix that I've tried. It took a little while for the Açai bowl to be ready. I wasn't in a rush and I was fine with the conversations and the television playing the news in Portuguese. It really took me back to so many breakfasts had in Brazil, the land of Order and Progress. After awhile the bowl came. It is a great size to share with someone. It comes with bananas, strawberries, granola and honey. I found the main event to be solid. Not like I fell it love with but solid. Definitely good enough for a return visit. I just don't know when that will be. In sum, the Açai Bowl was $13.00 in Wheaton-Silver Spring. But what price point would I suggest? No idea. I do think I will try to Coxinhas next time. I forgot I liked them more than the Pao de Queijo. If you are brave enough to order in Portuguese, be careful how you pronounce "pao" because "pau" is something else. I'm stunting. I'll stop. read more

This place has the biggest pao de quejo I have ever seen! Same goes for the coxinha, both served piping hot. The cafe space inside is cute, which you might not expect from the exterior, and the dessert selections are really cute, hand-made with little decorations. Fun selection of Brazilian products from Haivanas to frozen açaí. Worth checking out! read more

Best Acai bowls ever better than jamba or anyother place. It's clean, and all the food is delicious, the staff is so friendly and sweet. You have to come and try this place. read more

Nice selection of Brazilian goodies. I go there specially for the frozen "pao de queijo" (cheese buns) and farofa (toasted and seasoned yuca flour) which I'm addicted to. Of course, once there, I can't resist drinking a can of Guaraná (Brazilian soda) and eating a few Brazilian snacks: coxinhas (deep fried breaded pastries) and pastéis (some sort of salty churros). If you ever need to find some ingredient for a feijoada (baked black beans with salted pork) or another Brazilian recipe, or just miss eating some of the goodies you used to eat in Brazil (ex. goaibada, queijo minas, linguiça calabreza etc), this is the place. read more

Great pastries. The BEST acai bowl you'll get in the DC area and the staff in friendly. They do make the acai bowls fresh per order so give them about 10min and enjoy a pastry or browse while you wait. They have a small dining area. read more

So many delicious Brazilian favorites to try. Love this place and the people working there. Being Brazilian, I've been going there since I was little and my mom would take us to get a coxinha and guarana. Now I take all my American friends and they always want to come back for more read more

This was the nastiest Brazilian Bakery I have ever been to...the pao de queijo was awful and the coxinhas were cold, when I complained about it, the owner warmed it up in the microwave, it was just disgusting...First and last time there!!! read more

I was looking where to get azeite de dende and after reading about their snacks, I immediately took a trip north. The chicken pastries (empadinha de frango) and the doce de nozes (walnut sweet) were terrific. I also liked the cajuzinho (cashew sweet). The casadinho was way too sweet for me, which is unusual! They did indeed have a good selection of dried goods, as well as typical meets and sausages used to prepare feijoada. read more

This wonderful store/cafe/market is like setting foot back in Brazil. As a TV blares Brazilian portuguese, come in and enjoy a little cup of sweet complimentary coffee (Brazilian style), a smoothie or acai bowl, and a delicious fried empanada or treat. Also, get some frozen acai or cheese bread to take home and bake later. The staff is friendly and speaks excellent Portuguese and English, so a fun place to visit if you want to practice your Portuguese. The parking lot in front is small and can get crowded. I would recommend not parking in the small strip mall behind the By Brazil store; an insurance salesman (who is apparently a German citizen by desire to be German and not any right to citizenship) threatened that America would kick my ass or something like that if my friend did not move his car from in front of his shop. So, park somewhere legal and enjoy a trip to South America's biggest and most colorful country! read more

I think it is a great place not only for good jenuine brazilian food, but it has a wonderful variety of products from Brazil you can not find anywhere else. The staff is very friendly and I love the little atmosfere they have... Highly recommended... read more

This place us very quaint. Nice cozy family environment. However, the woman that runs the cash register doesn not like blacks. Don't support this business. read more

Two stars for the pastries because they did taste good. But we also bought a package of simple crackers, which resembles dried toasts. Unfortunately that was way overdue. I only discovered it once I ate a fourth of the package and my stomach started to feel upset. So I looked at the due date of the package and it was more than one month overdue!! Being pregnant that did upset me! So I have my strong doubts I will go back there! read more

My kids, friends, and I love this place (well, I'm Brazilian too) so I can tell if the goodies are good, mediocre, or super good! By Brazil has improved a lot since past reviews. Now, they have little round tables with chairs inside, as well as the stools by the counter. Free, delicious real coffee: espresso size (FREE!!) it comes with sugar already, but it is not overly sweet: just right! Cheese balls (Pão de Queijo) and coxinha (little chicken and cheese chicken thigh shaped fried yummies) are the two items I use to review Brazilian places (on the savory side!). If these two items are good, even if you did not like the others - it is still worth it! Cheese balls requires special taste buds: you will either fall in love and crave if for life (like many reviewers here declared and accepted!) or you will find it is the strangest thing you have ever eaten, but you cannot stop eating it! They huge size fresh ones and the frozen packages from Amafil, which are really, really good to bake at home. I was skeptical at first, but they really worked well. I make mine a little bigger than bite size: they are delicious! And not too expensive. Try one of each different pastries and then you can pick the ones you like the most! Very interesting combinations and ingredients: all delicious in their own ways. Don't forget to check the sweets to the left: they are out of this world: I have not tried one that I did not like there. They are much better than the ones I make at home. I just really need to watch my wallet though: I usually buy tons of stuff and spend a minimal of $100 each time. But I do not go very often, so I buy a LOT. If you are into sodas, you MUST TRY Guaraná! It is made of a natural fruit, and the bubbles are very fine and refreshing. All my Americans, Filipino, Chinese, Spanish, and others LOVE that place! It is easy to grab and go already made snacks. They run around $2/piece - but are very filling! Hope you can stop by and try again if you went once [in the past] and did not like it. They have changed a lot, positively! If anything is cold - just ask them to make another one for you. They are really nice ladies. :) read more

I found what I was looking for, but paid top dollar. The place itself could be more tidy, it reminds me some "armazéns" we have in the poor brazilian suburbs. We (my wife and I) bought 2 delicious coxinhas, and some other things we were dying for, like canjiquinha. Service was ok, like it is at brazilians armazéns. Pão de queijo Maricota was smoked (?!), maybe to fit american people's taste. But the whole picture was good, cause I could speak portuguese and feel a little more at home sweet home. Worth a visit. read more