Tuesday, July 13, 2010

Bairrada Churrasqueira... a meaty mouthful!

Nestled on 1000 College Street just west of Dovercourt is a Portuguese barbecue house and restaurant featuring a spacious patio, friendly service and a promise of good, cheap food.  At Bairrada Churrasqueira, we were 5, Hot Tamale and Bella Reggaza in tow, seated at quaint picnic tables on a large spacious patio featuring a water feature; fountain and pond in the background of a sea of large picnic tables flanked with two large flat-screen TVs.  We decided on the Sangria to start (the red is fruity and goes down very smoothly at $18 a pitcher), and chomped on homemade bread with sweet chili paste on the house.  We feasted on fresh cheese, pickled olives and grilled red peppers with sausage, barbecue chicken, grilled beef steak, ribs, rice and potatoes a la parisienne.  Five fresh and fabulous ladies enjoying a Tuesday night!  No need for cosmos or sex in the city drama when you focus on the GRILLED sausage...


Gorgeous water feature from the raised patio we were seated at.

View of hungry eaters on the patio.  The table to the right enjoyed a "flaming sausage" much like the Greek saganaki display but with sausage cut for you by your server.

The appetizer: a part of the larger platter of the "Mistro" grilled calamari, sausage, fresh cheese, olives and grilled and pickled red peppers with the chili paste.  Hot!

The barbecue chicken ($10): crispy chicken skin and juicy meat seasoned and basted with the sweet, chili paste servedwith rice and potatoes.

The meat platter special ($10): a sampling of barbecued quail, beef ribs, beef steak and sausage served with rice and french fries.  Where are the vegetables.... who needs them!

Our portal to the world of barbecue....

On a side note, yours truly had to leave to attend to a coffee with a fantastic friend but the fine ladies I left shared for dessert a custard called, "Heavenly Cream" with cookie and cinnamon and a Chocolate Mousse, each at $3.50

Although I didn't partake in any Port tastings, the restaurant offers a wide-range of Porto to choose from. 

Cheap and cheerful with three locations to choose from.  For more info go to: http://www.bairrada.ca/home.html
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2 comments:

  1. Umm,that looks delish! I loove Brazillian. Sometimes a bit alat though :) I am officially a subscriber!

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  2. Went there Oct 28, 2010. Piri-piri and bread were great.
    I ordered the flaming sausage....nice presentation but the sausage was so burnt that it was dried out and terrible.

    Next I had tiger shrimp, tasted of iodine and salt very unpleasant!....staff was great gave comp dessert and cappucino.

    sea food combo was same problem with the shrimp but, crab and lobster were good

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