2008 Review Highlights - A "taste of Rio " in Astoria, this "tranquiI" Brazilian "hideaway" is a "joy" for incredible" "home-cooked food" and "warm service" at a pleasing price .... Its rep as a "diamond in the rough" is beginning to reach beyond the borough.

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Zagat User reviews:

"Many dishes have become repeat favorites, especially the shrimp stew. Prices are more than fair."  
— JohnW on 05/13/2009 "

"Freshly prepared interesting dishes at a very reasonable tab. When they light the candles it also has a romantic quality."
— RonaldL on 05/08/2009

Source: Zagat.com

Chef/owner Herbert Gomes and his wife, Alda Teixeire, have created an intimate and unassuming Brazilian bistro, offering a culinary homage to their culturally rich and brilliantly diverse homeland. Inside, olive green and deep red walls are judiciously covered with oil paintings, surrounding tables dressed with white linen and fresh flowers.

Well-composed and authentic specialties like peito de pato (sautéed duck breast) or moqueca de camarao (shrimp stew with palm oil and coconut milk) tend towards the hot, salty, smoky, and sour ends of the flavor spectrum. Saturday diners should indulge in the hearty, flavorful and rustic Brazilian clay-pot black bean stew, feijoada compela.

Service is personable, well-informed, and dedicated to your enjoyment.

Source: Michelin Guide - New York City (Printed Edition)

"This place is absolutely DELICIOUS! The Sangria is absolutely amazing. Everything I've ever ordered there (Top Sirloin, Beef Stew, and Fried Calamari) has been above and beyond delicious."
— Christine K. Sharon, MA

"It fed my soul, we ordered the picanha, moqueca de camarao, and some fish dish...it was all delicious! Then the desert: flan, chocolate mousse, and the corn mousse...yum, yum, and yum"
— Ana Claudia S. Brooklyn, NY

"Excellent Brazilian food, decent ambiance, easy on the wallet "
— Jack N. Long Island City, NY

Read more reviews at Yelp.com

If you've only experienced rodizio, that nonstop Brazilian barrage of grilled skewered meats, you'll be happily surprised by the refined elegance of this congenial restaurant's coconut-milk-and-palm-oil shrimp stew (moqueca de camarão); the tart, creamy passion-fruit mousse; and, on Saturdays, the feijoada, the national Brazilian clay-pot black-bean stew packed with pork, sausage, and fatty bacon and served with white rice, garlicky collard greens, farofa (crunchy fried cassava meal), and —in a seeming effort to cover all the major food groups— a few orange slices. 
— Rob Patronite and Robin Raisfeld

Source: New York Magazine

Set along a tree-lined stretch of Astoria, Malagueta would fit right at home in Rio’s Leblon district. The casual, family-friendly vibe prevails in the simple but handsomely set dining room, while the din of conversation rises above the samba and Brazilian pop playing softly (perhaps too softly) overhead.

While steak and linguiça (sausage) make their appearance, the real hits are the nicely seasoned —and surprisingly light— Northeastern dishes like moqueca de camarão (shrimp stew) and corvina com vatapá (whitefish with a creamy fish sauce, bread crumbs, dried shrimp and chili pepper).

There’s also a tasty but lean feijoada on Saturdays and mightily satisfying desserts like pudim de leite (flan) and passion fruit mousse, which are neither lean nor particularly difficult to finish.

Source: Time Out New York Magazine

This is no hash house, but an ambitious white-tablecloth bistro that offers tasty and voluminous renditions of Brazilian standards such as shrimp muqueca and picanha (Cariocan churrasco), in addition to some French-leaning things like poached chicken breast in shallots and white wine.

Source: Village Voice

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Source: article by Neida Torres. (Read full article)