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Pastelaria Vitoria Broadway

4.4 (65 reviews)
InexpensiveSandwiches, Brazilian, Salad
Closed • 6:00 am - 10:00 pm

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Moderate noise
Good for kids
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Pastel de frango (inside)

This place is great for the community of Winter Hill. It serves classic Brazilian cafe items, fried goods, sandwiches, and has some snacks. The coxinha had a perfect texture and taste, and was so savory. The pastel de frango was super crispy on the outside, and well seasoned. Visit here if you can! The prices are affordable and can be enjoyed by everyone.

Kibe  Risole de carne Coxinha Risole de queijo e milho
Stephanie B.

I've been coming here for Brazilian fast food since middle school, I'm 28 now. They have so many goodies: Brazilian burgers, sugar cane juice, delicious hot, deep fried pasteis with all kinds of fillings, and sweets. This place is my go-to for party food. They make salgadinhos which are classic party finger food. When we have a birthday or other event I make sure to put in my order. When we go over to friends' houses too, these are a hit. I call the day before and put the order in, they fry them up right before you pick-up so everything is hot, fresh, and crispy!

Banana cinnamon pastel. Gooier than my ex.
Fox E.

There are a lot of grey, boring areas of Boston. But Somerville is decorated with beautiful colours, Pastel colours in fact. It's know, for this reason, as the "Pastel-area." Which is how this restaurant got its name. OK, fine, I made that up. A Pastelaria is a Brazilian place that makes Pastels, and my goodness, does this place make them so, freaking, well. What to get: The Pastel with everything (the mixed one) What to drink: Abacaxi Com Hortela (pineapple with mint) So what is it? It's a massive enormous huge large (did I mention big) version of the typical Latin Empanada, but with all kinds of amazing things stuffed in there, and I'm talking a large, generous helping of stuff inside this huge fried goodie, which is less than ten dollars and will definitely fill you up. It's also piping hot and greasy and juicy and will fall apart easily, so you have been warned. You play with a hot pastel, you'll get burned. Always get the one that has everything in it, first. Various meats, hearts of palm, all kinds of spices and deliciousness. Amazing. Easily the best one I've ever had outside Brasil, and in fact it ranks right up there with some of the better ones I had in Brasil. I can't give it a higher compliment than that. One of the best things you can eat in Boston, nearly as good as the amazing Oasis Steakhouse and Oasis Bakery (also Brazilian) just down the road. You really need to visit all three to get a good sense of the amazing-ness of Brazilian food. The drinks are pretty good, especially the Abacaxi Com Hortela (pineapple with mint), as well as all the other tropical amazon fruit flavours, and there are all kinds of frozen treats like Acai, and candy from Brazil to choose from, as well as baked goods. You can eat them the guy-way, or the broad-way, but either way you'll be so happy you came to this Pastelaria, if you happen to be in the Pastel-area.

Pastel Vittoria
Ellen L.

Really enjoyed the ambiance of this place. Absolutely love cute little local restaurants that have their own flair and this place screams that. Their pastels really are the crown jewel item, so crunchy and huge!!! The burger was filled with toppings, only took off one star cause I felt like the burger patty itself was not smoke/grilled enough. To me it felt like a frozen patty dethawed and cooked on the griddle but other than that I will definitely be back for their pastels!!!

Damn, you PINE!  The way you fill out those APPLE Bottom jeans.  We were MINT to be!
Yael D.

There is a certain punny, prolific, polarizing (so what if I like alliteration?) Yelper who is prone to bemoaning the dearth of love lavished upon humble Mom & Pop eateries, serving up honest, delicious food at real people prices. He may be on to something. Indeed. I am shocked to see that only 37 reviews have been posted for this spot, going all the way back to 2008. It deserves so much better: Anyway, hubby, kid, and I were here to try a Pastel. Since it was our first time, we had zero idea what to expect. Should you feel similarly, I'd describe a Pastel as a GINORMOUS deep-fried cross between a hot pocket and, with its pockmark-dappled dough, an egg roll. Since we'd stopped beforehand for uh, appetizers at Union Square Donuts, which for the record, is a short drive away, hubby and I decided to share a Vitoria Pastel, filled with chicken, ham, beef, cheese, and hearts of palm. It turned out to be the best thing we ate in a long weekend filled with some stiff competition from the likes of Lamejun, a Matcha Cream & Azuki Bean Paste-filled Croissant, an Acai Bowl, and Posh Seafood. The kid, who much to Mama's chagrin, often orders the most boring sounding thing on the menu, stayed true to form with a ground beef-stuffed Pastel, aka Pastel de Carne. Admittedly, the filling with this one could've used some pizazz. Luckily, when hubby had requested hot sauce earlier on, a friendly staff person brought that over, along with mayo and ketchup, yes, ketchup, to jazz up our Pastels. We washed all this down with Pineapple Mint Juice, which tasted almost like an elevated slurpy to me, but with chunkier and less ice. I appreciated that it wasn't overly sweet, but the mint was too subtle, imo, so I'd probably order something different next time. Word to the Wise: A huge reason why these flaky, non-greasy Pastels are so spectacular is that they are fried-to-order. So be prepared to wait. Your patience will be deliciously rewarded. Also note that seating is minimal and there is no restroom as far as I could tell. ps Shhh... Don't tell Buzzfeed, but when it's freezing out, and you just happen to be roadtripping, you can hack your car trunk for use as a 'refrigerator' to transport perishable food back home. We got another Vitoria Pastel to-go and did exactly that. My only regret is getting just one.

My half eaten chicken Coxinha, and shrimp cheese pastel
Sukanya A.

Would highly recommend this place. The owner suggested the shrimp cheese pastel, it was a delight! The chicken cheese Coxinha was my fave!

Bella K.

Here is a place that is just plain good! It doesn't look like much, and may even be over looked often being a mom and pop kind of place but I loved it! It seems that this is quite the authentic little spot to grab some seriously good Brazilian fare. This was my fiancee's pick, and these are the things he remembers from home, and decided to share with me on our spontaneous excursion. The menu is on a big board as soon as you walk in, and is the backdrop to the seating area where I'd say there's probably room for about a dozen to sit and eat their treats. I personally took home 3 containers of goodies that I've shamelessly eaten with great speed, eagerness, and surprisingly little milk. I can't pronounce any of these things, but even so I will be back to try some more off of these delicious snacks and sandwiches. We both ordered a combo that came with a chicken and cheese filled fried dough, as well as a 16oz fresh juice drink. I purchased the pineapple with mint to drink, and he chose a sugarcane drink. We also ordered these other delectable fried balls with chicken inside as well. The fried dough sandwich came out piping hot and fresh from the fryer, with a perfectly golden brown color. On the inside was shredded chicken, green onion & what tasted like cream cheese. It was hot, chewy dough, and the filling was super tasty and I'd say something that tastes good to a lot of different palettes. To take home, I purchased some small shortbread cookies that have a nice dollop of guava puree, and are coated in fine granulated sugar. They're quite light, buttery, and just plain yummy!!! I also picked up some cone shaped pastry with caramel filling inside. Sweet, smooth, not too gooey and not overly sweet. The last little thing was a small container of candy that are chocolate and the white ones are coconut, almost like truffles but not as rich. I was in love at first bite! I feel like the service was nice, though the young lady who checked me out didn't understand or speak English. She was helpful and kind all the same. The establishment also seemed very clean and organized. We will be back!!!

It seems telling that you can't even see the beef in this burger. On the plus side, that bun's got to be at least 8 inches wide.

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The best pastel ever! This place is great to eat pastel ever. The anbiene is great and people are friendelly!

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The best Brazilian food you can find it also has well known Brazilian food, the service was amazing and the whole ambiance was amazing

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The food tastes like it does in Brazil. I had a pastel and a vitamina de açai. So good.

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