Boston - Nov. 22 - Sunday - Day 4

Last day in Boston! After a very lazy waking up, we checked out in the hotel and decided that we were in the mood for Brazilian BBQ, after all it is Sunday, Churrascaria day! From what I heard Boston is one of the best places in the US to eat Brazilian food, just because there are thousands of Brazilians who call this city home.
Although there is no official numbers, I was reading that there are between 150 000 to 250 000 Brazilians in Boston and area. I am not sure where they are because we didn't have a chance to meet anyone from Brazil. I heard you can find churrascarias, stores selling bikinis and bars with coxinha and pastel in Framinghan, Cambridge, Somerville and Allston . We picked Cambridge because it was the easiest area to get by subway.

These are a couple of Brazilian restaurants (one right across from the other) in Cambridge. Since Mike is allergic to fish, Moqueca Restaurant was out of the question. So it wasn't hard to pick the BBQ house, The Midwest Grill.

If you haven't been to a Brazilian BBQ place, here is how it works: you have a buffet with all kinds of Brazilian food like rice, beans, beef stew, many different types of salads, fried bananas, farofa (cassava flower), fries, corn, cheese and many vegetables. After you almost pass out looking at the abundant buffet, the waiter comes to your table every 3 minutes with a huge piece of meat on a stick straight from the barbecue. It's different kinds of beef pieces, lamb, chicken wrapped in bacon, sausages, pork, etc. If you say yes, he will slice out a piece of the meat in your plate. And the meat feast continues until you can't eat anymore and start feeling sick. that's when you ask for the bill and roll back home.

This restaurant was pretty cheap, only $12.95 for lunch a person. All you can eat meat plus buffet! Can you believe it? We recommend!

After few caipirinhas (Brazilian drink with tons of alcohol), Mike and I left the restaurant singing and laughing very much. Then we went back to downtown to go shopping. Bad idea!!!! You don't want to try on clothes when your stomach is completely full! Anyway, we had only one hour to enjoy Boston's bargain stores. We were told that there are no outlet malls in Boston (?), but that we should check out this place called Basement. It is basically like the Canadian Winners, that sells brand name items with discount. Like in Winners, you can find something interesting with a bit of luck and time. I got a couple of winter tops. Mike, instead, rushed to the coffee shop to kill some of the caipirinha effect.

Gabi's best shot in this trip!!!!!

4:45 we got into the little plane back to Buffalo, and then drove back to Toronto.

Boston was fun, beautiful and clean. But it is not really in our list of places to go back without a reason. Totally worth checking out once, though!

Bye Boston!