Café Brazil: eclectic home of coffee and comfort
Despite the international name, Café Brazil celebrates its flavorful menu with an eclectic, local-diner feel popular with Dallas residents since the first location opened in December 1991.
Blending Brazilian flavor with good old American comfort foods, the café serves an extensive menu of breakfast, lunch and dinner items. You'll find popular picks such as sweet potato fries and the eatery's award-winning grilled cheese sandwich: Asiago, cheddar, Monterrey jack and feta cheeses melted between two buttery grilled slices of dense homemade bread.
Other menu highlights include the Brazilian Scrambler sandwich, which layers melted cheddar over sautéed button mushrooms, onions, thinly sliced ham and scrambled eggs on homemade white bread; the Coconut Chicken salad, in which fresh greens are tossed with coconut chicken, oranges, dried cranberries and a house-made honey-mustard dressing; and Chilaquiles, scrambled eggs blended with tomatillo sauce, onions, Monterrey jack cheese, tortilla strips and a choice of freshly pulled chicken, chorizo or smoked turkey.
One of the big draws for morning coffee hounds and late-night noshers is the specialty coffee bar. The café’s tagline, “not just another coffee house,” alludes to the custom blends and flavors available by the cup. Like a salad bar, but with coffee, the Café Brazil coffee bar lets customers belly up to the bar to pour up a bottomless cup of flavors like: Brazil Estate, Apple Tart, Bourbon Pecan, Carrot Cake, Chocolate Cherry Kiss, Chocolate Rum Cake, Cinnamon Gingerbread, Cranberry Crème, Crème Brûlée, Snickerdoo and Southern Pecan Crème.
Also known for a sweet selection of cakes and pies, the café hosts a dessert case full of treats that can be ordered whole or by the slice. Some local favorites include Key lime cheesecake, pumpkin cheesecake, chocolate indulgence cake, dulce de leche cheesecake and banana-chocolate chip cake.
The menu is moderately priced, and most of the café’s items come in generous portions. An average meal can range from $5 to $15 per person.
Café Brazil has 10 family-friendly and smoke-free locations across Dallas and in the northern suburbs. Many of the Dallas locations are open 24 hours, making it a great late-night spot to relax or recoup after dancing all night in Deep Ellum or staying up all night to study in University Park.
The café’s website offers updates on special discounts, menu updates, related happenings and more.
- by Jenn Emerson, Dallas Reporter for HelloMetro
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