For tasty mineira fare, hit this friendly, good-value per kilo joint on Santana do Riacho's main drag. Chef Joca announces each newly prepared dish ('we've got kale, people!', 'feijão tropeiro!') as she brings it out to the traditional wood stove, while her sidekick Alessandro cooks up scrumptious pork loin, sausages, chicken and buffalo steaks on the grill out front.
Restaurante da Joca
Minas Gerais
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