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Meat, meat, and more meat. A restaurant that truly celebrates the cow (by eating it), the Midwest Grill also features cow heads and hides dangling from the walls. The main attraction, all-you-can eat Brazilian BBQ Banqet, known as churrascaria, cooks different kinds of meat (including beef, chicken, lamb, and pork) to a juicy turn in a custom-built sword-rotated hearth. The waitstaff carves heaping portions of skewered meat right at your table and keeps going until you tell them “Basta” (“enough”). Live Brazilian bossa nova music adds to the revelry every night starting at 7pm. Churrascaria Prices:

• Lunch: Adults --- $18.95, Kids (Age 8-12) --- $8.95, Kids (Under 8) --- $4.95,
• Buffet Lunch: Hot & Cold Buffet Stations ONLY. $10.95
• Dinner: Adults --- $24.95, Kids (Age 8-12) --- $8.95, Kids (Under 8) --- $4.95
• Appetizers, drinks, and desserts can also be ordered a la carte at the bar.

Tip: After 5pm, there's free parking in the Shell gas station lot down the street.

MUQUECA restaurant is a homey and cozy restaurant, which is located between Harvard University and Massachusetts Institute of Technology in Inman Square. Like alot of hot Brazilian places, the zesty pork dishes and sauces keep people coming back for more. Voted Best of Boston for Brazilian fare in 2006.

Though its name means “The Bar,” this cozy little offshoot of Atasca might feel more like the house of a friendly Portuguese grandma. The sepia photographs, kitschy plates on the walls, and struggling plants in the window give it an air of traditional comfort, which carries over to the food. Offerings like mariscada, a traditional shellfish stew ($18.95), or the pasteis de bacalhao (codfish cake, $6.95) are smooth and satisfying—seemingly the result of years of careful tweaking. A glass ($4.50) or pitcher ($17) of Sangria will make you feel even more at home. Slighter lighter fare, such as sandwiches ($4.95-$5.95), served at lunch. This section contains information from Harvard Student Agencies' Unofficial Guide to Life at Harvard.

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