Churrascaria Near Me in Midtown: Via Brasil on Little Brazil Street

Via Brasil has served Brazilian food at 34 West 46th Street since 1978, which makes it the long-running anchor of the Midtown block known as Little Brazil Street, between Fifth and Sixth Avenues. It is not an all-you-can-eat rodízio. You order churrascos, grilled skewers of picanha, skirt steak, prime rib or pork, plated with rice, beans, farofa and vinaigrette, or the house picanha fatiada com alho for $30. If churrascaria near me brought you to Rockefeller Center, this is the sit-down Brazilian grill two blocks away.

The Little Brazil Street name on this stretch of West 46th Street comes from the Brazilian businesses that clustered here, and the restaurant's own site still places itself in the heart of it. Via Brasil describes itself as New York's oldest and most authentic Brazilian restaurant for over 40 years, and The Infatuation also dates it to 1978. That longevity is the main reason to come: the menu reads like a Brazilian family restaurant rather than a steakhouse franchise, with feijoada, moquecas and bife acebolado sharing the page with the grill.

The room is a Midtown storefront with a full-service bar and, in the warmer months, a few sidewalk café seats out front on 46th Street. Yelp reviewers call it casual and cozy rather than fancy, and the mix in recent reviews runs from visitors calling it one of the best meals of their New York trip to repeat diners who have been coming for years.

The churrascos section of the menu is the reason to search for a churrascaria here. Each order is a grilled skewer of your chosen meat, picanha top sirloin, skirt steak, prime rib or pork, served with rice, beans, farofa and a tomato-onion vinaigrette. The menu does not print a price beside the skewers, so ask your server when you order. The Infatuation singles out the garlicky picanha as the dish to get.

That garlic picanha is the picanha fatiada com alho at $30: sliced grilled top sirloin under sautéed garlic, with rice, beans and yucca flour. If you want variety on one plate, the group menu lists a Churrasco Misto, a mixed grill of sausage, beef, chicken and pork, and one Yelp reviewer ordered a similar meat plate with hot sausage, grilled chicken, steak and pork loin. Beef lovers who want something leaner can pick the bacon-wrapped medalhão de filet with heart-of-palm sauce at $33.

Start with pão de queijo, the warm cheese bread rolls, at $7, or the Sortidos Via Brasil, an assortment of Brazilian hors d'oeuvres for $10. Linguiça frita com mandioca, fried sausage with yuca, costs $11 and is the best starter to share before a churrasco, since it previews the grill without filling you up. The full feijoada completa, called the national dish of Brazil on the menu, combines black beans with fresh and dried beef, pork, bacon, sausage and ribs, served with collard greens, rice, orange slices and farofa.

Seafood is a real alternative here rather than an afterthought. The moquecas are stews of white fish, shrimp or cod in dendê oil, coconut milk, tomato and herbs, and the camarão na moranga, shrimp served in a pumpkin, is $26. A Yelp reviewer in August 2025 called the shrimp with hearts of palm in pineapple sauce flavorful. The honest skip is the paella at $33: it is Spanish rather than Brazilian, and the kitchen's strengths are the grill and the stews.

The full-service bar makes caipirinhas, the national cocktail of Brazil, and stocks Brahma beer, according to a repeat Yelp diner. For dessert, the same reviewer called the coconut flan with prune drizzle the best they had, which matches the restaurant's home-style approach: simple Brazilian sweets rather than plated pastry. Order one flan for the table after a churrasco plate.

Every Friday and Saturday, Via Brasil hosts live music starting at 6:30 PM, and The Infatuation mentions live Brazilian jazz. Those nights are the liveliest time to come and the best reason to book ahead. The restaurant also hosts viewing parties for major sporting events,, so check with the restaurant before a big match day if you want a quiet table.

For parties, the group packages run $47, $55 and $60 per person plus tax and gratuity, each based on a two-hour seating. The top package includes the Churrasco Misto and Picanha Fatiada among its main courses, and add-on beverage packages cost $35 per person for house wine and beer or $50 for top-shelf liquor. Book a package if you are bringing eight coworkers; à la carte works better for two.

Late in the evening is the weak spot. A December 2025 Yelp reviewer who spent more than $350 for three people felt rushed out near closing, and the restaurant's website and Yelp list different closing times, so arrive by 7:30 PM if you want a relaxed dinner. If Via Brasil is full and you want an all-you-can-eat rodízio instead, Fogo de Chão's Midtown branch at 40 West 53rd Street is a seven-block walk north.

Rockefeller Center is just north and east of the restaurant, so a pre-dinner walk through the Channel Gardens toward the Rink is easy. The B, D, F and M trains at 47–50 Streets–Rockefeller Center are the closest subway, and Bryant Park sits a few blocks south between 40th and 42nd Streets along Sixth Avenue, with the New York Public Library's main branch on its east side.

Theatergoers can eat at 5:30 PM and still walk west to the Broadway houses on 44th through 47th Streets for an 8 PM curtain. If you want a nightcap afterwards, staying at Via Brasil's bar for a second caipirinha during the Friday set is a better use of the evening than fighting the Times Square crowds.

Address: 34 West 46th Street, New York, NY 10036, between Fifth and Sixth Avenues. Service is à la carte, not rodízio. Live music runs Friday and Saturday from 6:30 PM. Sidewalk tables are limited and seasonal. Group packages are capped at a two-hour seating, and extra time can carry an added charge.

For a first visit: pão de queijo and linguiça to start, picanha fatiada com alho or a picanha churrasco for the main, a caipirinha, and coconut flan to finish. Come on a Friday before 7 PM to catch the music without the rush at closing.