The hype is reeeeeaaaal. I had been salivating over their Instagram page for the better part of two months, but from what I gather they were based around the Bangor area for a while and then even once arriving in Portland, food trucks are generally right place, right time.
Well, now friends, it's easy. They are based at Definitive Brewing all winter, down the same road as Allagash Brewing, Foundation, Austin St, and Battery Steele. You can still get your Noble BBQ down the street at their location on Forest Ave, and now Grillin Brazilian has a permanent winter location, at a brewery! Do you realize how much winning that is???
We purposely sought them out this past weekend and it was easy to spot the bright yellow and green converted Airstream with the bossanova music coming from inside. Before even getting a beer, which is when you know I'm serious, we went right to the window and talked with the one of the two owners, the husband of this husband and wife team. We ended up meeting his wife on the way out, Natalia I believe? And both of them are so incredibly nice.
I ordered the beer marinated chicken thigh ($9) and my girlfriend couldn't resist ordering their fancier steak, the Picanha ($16 I think, though they also have another steak for around $10-$11). They let us know that particular steak takes a bit to cook, but they gave us a buzzer so we could go inside and have a beer while we were waiting. About 20-25 minutes later the buzzer went off and out came two plates with the meats, rice, a little salad, and these little slightly crunchy cheese bread balls (gluten free for those of you who care!). The chicken was great, and the steak cooked perfectly. Both were delicious, but the steak won hands down for one reason alone... the chimichurri. Oh my sweet baby Jesus. I've had plenty of chimichurris in my day and we make our own with garlic scape, but this was incredible. I could honestly drink it. You are doing yourself a disservice every day you don't eat this chimichurri.
Who knows if they'll still keep summer hours at Definitive or wheel on down the road to somewhere else, but I can assure you the lines will eventually grow to be long wherever they are. Go visit them at Definitive in the winter, get a beer and some amazing grilled meats while your grill is covered in 2 feet of snow, and get a steak with that chimichurri. read more