Mineirão is small but packed to the brim with Brazilian goodies. They are stocked with calabresa and paio, types of Brazilian sausages that are very hard to find in other markets in the US (and I've been to several looking for them...). Their snack aisle was full of all childhood favorites including Fandangos (an addicting corn based chip) and polvilho (a crunchy, airy snack). They have an extensive cafe menu that I will come back to try. read more

They have a wide variety of Brazilian products. I feel that the quality and the brands they offer could be better. I wouldn't mind paying more for higher quality, considering that the lower quality products are already quite expensive. Their hot bar is okay, but nothing too special. It's more of an everyday meal option. I am satisfied with the selection of meat cuts, but I am quite disappointed with their dessert options. Everything is overly sweet, the flavors are hard to detect, and the prices are not competitive at all. I believe they could definitely improve the quality of their products. However, I must say that their service is always friendly. read more

I got punched by a guy who works in a Mine... you know, a Miner... Ow! This lovely little Brazilian grocery store has super friendly and super cute servers and sells delicious Frozen Acai. The guy behind the meat counter was kind of suspicious of me because I was inspecting all of the containers of Acai because some of it was past its sell-by date. But the girls were so friendly and even took a picture of me with my Acai! read more

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Love Mineriao! These are the types of places we need to remain in Union Sq if it will keep any charm with things developing. A local market where you can get all of your needs and find Brazilian goods and food that you won't find at some overpriced Whole Foods. People can come here and get an honest meal at lunch break, and they have great meats+prices at butcher area. Support local, support small, and support authentic! read more

Mineirao has been one of my favorite and most frequented places since I moved to Cambridge / Somerville area! I was so excited to finally have a Brazilian place with groceries and other food items close by! At Mineirao you can go grocery shopping for some general groceries as well as for specialty items both Brazilian but also from other countries like El Salvador. Having been born and grown up in Bolivia with family from Brazil I grew up eating a lot of these specialty food items like the requeson and the cheese from Minas. I just love that I can get all of this and frozen açaí pulp at this store at an affordable price. I also grew up eating arroz con leche and Maracuya (passion fruit) mousse as well as the pao de queso (cuñape / cheese breads) and this place has it all!! The mousse and arroz con leche are soooo good! They are not overly sweet and just make for a nice sweet snack! The cheese breads are also amazing and really cheap, 3 for $1. Sometimes the cheese breads are a little cold but it's not a problem at all since you can just go home and heat them up and they taste as if they were freshly baked. I can't express how much I love their cheese breads!! Their coxinhas are also great and make for a more fulfilling snack since these have potato. Last but not least is their food bar which you can have there on the tables to the side or you can take away. During the weekends they make fejioada which is definitely a must! Mineirao can pretty much do it all! You pay per pound and it ends up being really affordable and the quality is superb. The fejioada is the best I've tried in Boston (though not as good as my grandmas!) hands down! Get this with some white rice, plantains, the green Brazilian lettuce like veggie that is perfectly cooked and seasoned, and the farofa. No words can explain how tasty the farofa is - I believe it has eggs. Overall Mineirao is a great place to do some regular and specialty shopping, to pass by for a fill of your Brazilian / latin@ snacks, and for a full meal!!! Love this place! One of the few I'll definitely miss when I leave Cambridge. read more

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Great variety of brazilian ingredients and good sausages. They could definitely make the place appear better by just mopping the floor and dusting the shelves. ***Ótima variedade de ingredientes brasileiros e lingüiças deliciosas! Eles definitivamente poderiam melhorar o ambiente simplesmente passando um pano de chão e tirando o pó das prateleiras. read more

You will find cured meats for fejoada, Acao (super fruit from Brazil's rain forests) mounted cows heads, perfume and soccer shirts. I recommended the chess bread and coxinha (chicken and dumplings). I love their hours of operation from 6:30 am to midnight daily (feel like I am in NYC) The owner - Eduardo Rosa who is from Brazil is known throughout the community for cooking feijpada for 500 people at church functions. read more

Every weekday morning, I come to this market for two things: the delicious, pressed "misto" (Portuguese ham and cheese sandwich) and a terrific smile. There's a strong spirit of hospitality here, with people who love the work, the customers, or both. There's a lot of joy in the air to complement all the products on the shelf. At lunch time, they have a self-service hotnbar packed with various meats, rice, beans, and other things, all very reasonably priced by the pound and server with the same gusto as the breakfast sandwiches (which you can order at any time). read more

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Brazilian food market. Traditional products and brands from Brazil with affordable prices. Try Lacta chocolates, Pilao grounded coffee, Guaraná soda and tapioca (a type of flour with hard white grains, obtained from cassava and used in cooking puddings and other dishes). read more

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Very good restaurant! I love the food, lunch. They have a lot Brazilian grocery! And they have a very clean Butcher! read more

Mineirao One Stop Mart - Delicious food! - Grocery Near Me - Somerville, Massachusetts

Friendly staff and yummy inexpensive deli. Their fruit doesn't do justice to Brazilian fruits though but there's Market Basket for that

For the restaurant in the back: They have the same type of juicer that Google has in their London office--it makes the best orange juice--a great way to start your day with some cheese bread and coffee. They also have a delicious steak with onions entree for the evening (they are also a butcher). Their buffet, which they pack for you, is convenient for take out. For the butcher: Our neighbor gets steaks here to barbecue. They are thick cut and look amazing. For the store: They have a baby shelf and have things like zinc oxide cream (convenient for Union Square, which doesn't have a pharmacy). They also have delicious ice creams and sorbets (acai, avocado, and sweet cream). Getting keys made here is very convenient. Looking forward to trying more of their cheeses and produce. Got their version of Nutella for a cooking experiment. read more

Friendly and helpful staff. A little intimidating at first because everyone is speaking in Portuguese and you feel like you stick out like a sore thumb. That's quickly dispelled when you go up to the counter and get your food with the help of the kind staff. Price is per pound of food and the food is phenomenal!! The sardines dish was incredible. read more

Mineirao One Stop Mart - a plate of food - Grocery Near Me - Somerville, Massachusetts

The store is dirty and the items are way over priced. A can of beans costs $1.07 while at the Brazilian store across the street, the same can of beans costs $.79. The store is filled to brim with items that have been sitting there for months. If you are looking to buy Brazilian products, walk a little more to Solucao on 38 Bow St, Somerville, MA 02143. The items are neatly stacked and the store is always clean and well kept. Pao de Acucar also has a minimal credit card purchase of $5, which is a violation of their contract with Visa & Mastercard, see link: http://www.mastercard.com/us/personal/en/contactus/merchantviolations.html and http://usa.visa.com/download/merchants/rules_for_visa_merchants.pdf read more

a little bit of everything! reasonably tasty no-frills mom and pop buffet at gentle prices (plantains, meats, pasta, rice, beans, salad). dino eggs (you like kinder eggs? you'll LOVE dino eggs. i love giving these to kids, because i'm a terrible person, like that). they also sell kinder eggs. they also sell all the brazilian fruits in the frozen fruit aisle (caju, acerola, others) -- bom cafe, i love you, but i love the idea of making my own smoothies as well. they also have a butcher section and a reasonably good-sized selection of portuguese breads and some pastries, some of which shares overlap with market basket, because market basket really does have everything. i'll have to hit up the other brazilian grocery store at some point, but for a non-assuming shop, this hits the spot. p.s. i ran a credit card purchase for under $5 and they didn't hate me. read more

Since new management took place... This store is getting better-and-better everyday. My mother-in-law who is visiting us for a couple of days, loved their food. Very well seasoned and tasty excellent. read more