Brazilian Restaurants in Arizona

Due to its warm climate and almost continuously sunny days, Arizona is one of the best states in which to enjoy the outdoors. From the deserts of the south to the canyons of the north, there is plenty to keep the outdoor adventurer active and happy. All parts of Arizona offer extensive hiking and biking trails, rivers and lakes to provide opportunities to tube, boat and raft, and Tucson even has the lowest latitude ski resort in the United States. No matter your outdoor activity, you can find good food at one of the Brazilian restaurants to fill you up and keep you going.

Fogo de Chao

Fogo de Chao (pronounced fo-go dèe shoun), started sharing its meats in Porto Alegre, Brazil, in 1979. It now has restaurant locations in Brazil and all over the United States. It carefully prepares a selection of 15 meats and offers continuous table service to all guests. Each meal includes limitless side dishes such as Brazilian cheese bread, crispy hot polenta, garlic mashed potatoes and carmelized bananas. Vegetarians can enjoy an extensive salad bar with more than 30 items, and all diners are sure to like the desserts such as creme brulee or Fogo de Chão (a signature papaya cream dessert).

6300 N. Scottsdale Road
Scottsdale, AZ 85253
(480) 609.8866
fogodechao.com

Brazilian Bull

An authentic Brazilian churrasco steak house, Brazilian Bull offers a four-course meal consisting of drinks, appetizers, meats and desserts. Upon entering the restaurant you are given a tall cylinder with red, yellow and green paintings to help you control the flow of food coming to your table. Green means bring more meat, red means pause and laying it on the table indicates that you are ready for dessert. Menu items consist of salad, seafood and hot dish appetizers, six lunch meats and 16 dinner meats all sliced directly onto your plate, and a wide variety of desserts. Brazilian Bull also offers take-out, catering and the ability to purchase an entire cake.

4909 E. Chandler Blvd
Phoenix, AZ 85048
(480) 783-6060
www.brazilianbullsteakhouse.com

Val's Brazilian Cuisine

A small storefront in Goodyear, Ariz., Val's Brazilian Cuisine has room for only about 10 diners. Most of the business is takeout. Prices are reasonable and there is a large selection of sides such as Brazilian cheese bread, black beans, rice and molho campanha (tomato salsa). Its main dishes run less than $10, as of 2009, and feature marinated chicken, pork, roast beef and salmon all made Brazilian style.

14960 W. Indian School Road
Goodyear, AZ 85338
(623) 925-0352

Sur Real

Sur Real of Tucson offers menu items influenced from the Latin American countries of Chile, Uruguay, Brazil, Cuba, Venezuela and Mexico. It offers lunch, dinner and late-night menus with happy-hour prices from 3 p.m. to 6 p.m. and 10 p.m. to closing. Some of its menu items include lamb Mendoza, Brazilian sausage and peppers, chorizo sliders, flan brule and Miolo Reserve Brazil to drink.

3001 E. Skyline Drive
Tucson, AZ 85718
(520) 529-2644
surrealtucson.com

Article Written By Kay Hammer

Kay Hammer has been a freelance writer since 2009. She has a B.S. in Retailing and Consumer Sciences from the University of Arizona and an M.A. in Environmental Leadership from Naropa University. She has written for various publications through school such as the Turning Leaf and Demand Studios such as Golf Link.

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