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    Pitanga North

    4.4 (17 reviews)
    Closed 5:00 pm - 10:00 PM

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    Caipirinha de maracujá (passionfruit)
    Joseph N.

    TLDR: Upscale but relaxed restaurant serving several very authentic and traditional Brazilian favorites along with some non-Brazilian but delicious items. Full disclosure: my wife is Brazilian and I previously lived in Brazil for 6 months. We made the drive over from Poughkeepsie for my wife's birthday. In the car on the way over, we took bets on whether or not the staff would be Brazilian. It turns out the owner is from São Paulo, but the staff were local. We were greeted and seated quickly and ordered caipirinhas. While we were surprised that there was no pitanga caipirinha on the menu, given it's the restaurant namesake, it's probably prohibitively expensive to source fresh pitanga from Brazil. Maracujá (passionfruit) is the next best flavor, in our opinion, so my wife ordered it. I got the traditional caipirinha. I regretted it, as the maracujá one was, predictably, immensely better. For appetizers, we chose two traditional Brazilian items, pão de queijo and coxinhas (on the menu as "chicken croquettes," which is a decently accurate description), and the burrata and tomato salad. 5/5 on both the Brazilian items...this is what they should taste like and brought us both back to Brazil. Also you will love both! My wife was happy to see vegetarian feijoada on the menu...feijoada is normally not a vegetarian dish, so she was able to try one of her favorites here that she can't always have in Brazil. The flavor was on point, but the dish was missing a slice of orange (we don't know if this is normally served that way or if it was just a mistake in the kitchen, but it should come with an orange slice). Even without the orange, the flavor was great. I ordered a burger because it sounded (and was) really good: it had a generous amount of goat cheese on the patty. The fries were forgettable, I recommend subbing them out. Because we were celebrating a birthday, the staff generously comped the rice pudding and thoughtfully put a birthday candle in to help it be more festive. Throughout, the staff were very helpful, especially facing the tide of questions one can only expect from people familiar with Brazil (thank you!). We even had one of the servers who wasn't our server check in a couple times. If you're looking for another awesomely authentic dish (we didn't try it because we don't eat seafood), I would recommend giving the moqueca a try. Judging by the description and how great the other Brazilian dishes tasted, I bet it is perfect. Moqueca has a very unique flavor and is super comforting. While there is street parking available in front, we missed the restaurant a couple times: if you're on your way, look for a dark gray / black building that looks like a house with a cute wooden sign out front.

    Fish stew
    Brandi S.

    What a great add to Gardiner! The restaurant looks like it's had some work done since it was Liquid Mercantile, and it looks beautiful on the inside. I had two drinks, the Pimenta rosa & an espresso martini. The espresso martini was brewed with an excellent Brazilian coffee... it was a top 3 martini for me. For dinner, I went with the moqueca (fish stew) and it was delicious! It reminded me a bit of Thai curry, but very unique, light, and just delicious. I would go back again. The staff was attentive and friendly.

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    Wolf O.

    Trendy second location of Pitanga in Brooklyn with locally sourced, Brazilian-inspired dishes, replacing the former Liquid Mercantile bar. Plenty of vegetarian and gluten free options. Only top commendations from our party on the entrees. For entrees, I can recommend the burger, which came with some dressed lettuce. Our group also loved the half chicken, fish stew, and sirloin. For appetizers, the cheese bread (pao de queijo) was warm, lightly cheesy, and served with something like a honey. The olives and rainbow carrots I thought were weaker: not as much flavor in the olives and the carrots were not rainbow today. It certainly felt like Brooklyn in the Hudson Valley, or at least Brooklyn prices and ambiance. I thought the portions were small for the price point in the area. Our group's cocktails were good, including my passionfruit Caipirinha, but none remarkable. For their non-alcoholic list, the Green Paradise (green juice) was better than the Beet It. Their service was attentive and excellent. Based on the filled dining room last Saturday, there's clearly interest in the successor to the highly reviewed Liquid Mercantile, and first impressions appear that Pitanga North will be just like it.

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    Leblon Steak

    Leblon Steak

    4.3
    (164 reviews)
    46.7 mi
    $$$
    Happy hour specials
    Fine dining

    After anticipating visiting here for quite some time, we planned a special birthday dinner and…read morecould not have been more disappointed. Simply put, our $600 dining experience was pathetic to say the least. So let's take it from the top..... Made a reservation a week beforehand and proceeded to be walked passed numerous available tables to be seated completely in the back of the restaurant by the kitchen door. Let's just say.. no windows, no atmosphere just a kitchen door swinging open and shut the entire meal and UNBEARABLE HEAT. It must've been 85 degrees where our table was and we could've been easily sat somewhere else to alleviate this issue but instead when we told the staff how uncomfortable it was they said they'd turn the AC down and made a joke about us having the meat sweats... This was not a laughing matter, be professional, you claim to be an upscale establishment. The service was comical. We've dined at plenty of Brazilian steakhouses before so we knew the routine but talk about being annoyed the entire meal. After being in our seats for no more than a minute we are bombarded by 2 or 3 servers at once with meat. How about a greeting and some drinks first, give us a second to get settled. My aggravation really started when we were served HOT WATER, not ice water, not room temperature water but hot water. We had to ask for glasses of ice but it melted in a few short minutes. Trying to make the best out of the situation we ordered a bottle of wine and sure enough the red wine was hot in temperature as well. Knowing we were fighting a losing battle with this heat we did our best to eat and made the effort to leave quickly. Somehow we went from being bombarded with servers to just sitting around hoping someone would come to our table to offer us another meat or anything at this point. Yes, our cards were all flipped to the green side. I even stuck it on my forehead at one point using all the sweat dripping down my face. In conclusion, what a terrible dining experience...by the end we walked out drenched in sweat after begging for the check. Not even a simple apology for anything. I could go on and on but I leave it at this, $600 well spent I guess. You should be ashamed of yourselves LeBlon Steakhouse, thank you for ruining my birthday dinner. Side note: Don't believe the hype like I did, the buffet was severely lacking in options and the food was sub par.

    This was a great Brazilian AYCE experience with a self serve table of different sides and…read moreappetizers to choose from. It is currently priced at $67 per person for the full experience, this is the place to go to for Great Brazilian cuts as well as saving a few extra dollars compared to Fogo De Chao, you get the same/better experience for cheaper. Service was 10/10, server were coming around every other minute with different cuts each time and after a few different ones they had asked if we prefer any cuts to be served. Our drink was always refilled and we had different workers asking us how everything was through the whole lunch. Everyone was very attentive the whole time! Atmosphere was calm and great to have a family/friends lunch/dinner here. Will definitely be coming here more often as well as introducing it to family and friends. Food: 10/10 each piece we got was from a fresh and hot cut of beef and was seasoned well!

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    Planeta Brazil

    Planeta Brazil

    2.9
    (87 reviews)
    42.2 mi
    $$

    I was there on Memorial Day so perhaps that had something to do with it, but this place was a ZOO!…read more Kids running all over the place, people constantly walking all around you going to and from the buffet -- just a 3-ring 'S' show! LOUD! Strange menu of sorts (3-options), the way they do it with the weighing (and paying) and such: fixed menu, buffet and churrascaria I did the fixed menu and ordered the Bife à Cavalo. VERY fair and respectable prices for the portions served. No problem there! Had my dish had an 'actual steak' as I was expecting, and not a sheet of thin meat as you would find in a Philly Cheesesteak, the meal would have been 5-star -- instead just a 1! Was pleasantly surprised to find Brahma beer here in addition to a VERY finely prepared and large (not all ice!) Caipirinha! Excelente! The loud thumping EDM music was a bit much for me and like I said, I could have done away with the people all around me like at a wedding table during the dessert and dancing! I do every new place (to me) at least twice, but I'm in no immediate rush to return -- 'probably' will.

    The place is clean and spacious. I went there at lunchtime and there were only a few patrons…read more The staff was very friendly. I found the food to be acceptable. They weigh it and charge you by the pound. In my opinion, it was a bit overpriced. They also offered an all you can eat option, which may be a better deal.

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    Food was great large buffet. GET THE GARLIC SIRLOIN.
    Food was great large buffet. GET THE GARLIC SIRLOIN.
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    Churrascaria Paladar

    Churrascaria Paladar

    3.6
    (209 reviews)
    67.2 mi
    $$$

    Had a wonderful dinner with 7 other family members on a busy Saturday night. This place is a hidden…read moregem in Hackettstown. We were able to make a reservation, and the restaurant was kind enough to extend our reservation when we were delayed -- especially on one of their busiest nights of the week. Maria was exceptionally nice and helpful in making reservations. Food was delicious and enjoyable throughout all the courses. The Picanha and Beef Short Ribs were my favorites of the Rodizio. My parents split a steak entree and the salmon - the restaurant was kind enough to split both entrees on two plates for each of them. Both servings were generous. Had an Old Fashioned and a Caipirinha - both were excellent. They also have an extensive wine and whiskey menu. Service was pretty good. I would say the only hiccup was the food took forever to come, which seems strange for Rodizio. But I attribute the delay to the tardiness of two folks in our party, and a little inexperience of our server. But aside from that, he did a good job. We got to meet the manager Tatiana, who was fabulous - you can tell she cares about her craft, and the owner Joe, who was exceptionally kind and friendly. My niece and his son apparently went to the same school, so it was truly nice to make the acquaintance. I love to support small business, and it doesn't get better than this. I will make sure to stop here again soon - this was a fantastic experience.

    I had the short ribs of beef. Others in my party had rodizio and one had seafood paella. My dish…read morewas tender, but very salty. I've heard that's common with Brazilian cuisine, but it was too salty for me. The paella was surprisingly small portion-wise compared to the way most restaurants serve it. And, the rodizio was a slow journey....the meat came out so slowly that it wasn't enjoyable.

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