Banana Brazil of Meriden, Meriden

Since 1998, Banana Brazil has served a diverse menu of Brazilian barbecue delicacies to Connecticut diners. The chefs at this steak house and buffet work their hardest to deliver authentic flavors using fresh ingredients—including local vegetables and select-cut meats. Their menu features a bountiful buffet that allows diners to pile their plates high with both their favorite foods and dishes entirely new.

• Delectable meats, sliced at cutting board, like charred top sirloin, medallion chicken wrapped with bacon, and pork sausage.
• Brazilian favorite snack foods like pastel, a deep-fried dough filled with beef or cheese and risole, a fee-filled croquette rolled in breadcrumbs.
• Sweet Brazilian desserts like passion fruit mousse that also delivers a bit of tartness, and pudim—the Brazilian version of a flan.