Minas Carne & Deli — Restaurant in Danbury

My Daughter moved to Danbury recently so we've been trying various restaurants in the area. I came across Minas while looking through Google Maps - Restaurants and in checking out the photos it appeared very similar to the Brazilian restaurants we travel to in the Ironbound section of Newark NJ for Mother's Day feasts. Minas food looked similar being it was skewered and cooked in a fire pit style. We decided to check it out and boy I'm glad we did. This is one of those 'Hole in the Wall' spots that you always hope to discover and cherish as a place that doesn't disappoint. We really liked this Serve Yourself convenience and plenty of seating even though the place is small. I watched cars pull up and people coming in to get their orders to take out. Just to mention we went there around 10:00 pm, which I thought would be like a ghost hour, but this place had so many people there when we arrived and the entire time others were filtering in and out with their takeout orders. It's obviously a hotspot for the locals because the food is outstanding without having to overpay. I like that you just weigh your food and pay for the amount you feel like having. If you're reading this and questioning whether this is a suitable place to eat - don't think twice or else all the food maybe gone if we're...

A lot of the girls at my work love walking to Mina’s during their lunch break. I was hesitant to stop in because I’m not overly familiar with Brazilian cuisine, but I decided to give them a try.

To start, I think Mina’s needs to be a tad more clear on how to order. Everything is self-serve, with the exception of the barbecue. Your overall total is priced by weight-per-pound. Essentially, this is the self-serve, Brazilian version of Chipotle.

For my meal, I started simple with black beans and rice, spicy sausage, and barbecue chicken.

While I tasted the quality of the preparation, nothing overly amazed me. The sausage was tad dry and the only thing I was necessarily impressed by was the chicken (which fell of the bone,) and their delicious house-made BBQ sauce.

While it was nice to eat at Mina’s on a gorgeous day and the price was right (around $13), I can’t say I would go out of my way to eat here again. I’m interested in other menu options and their breakfast sandwiches, but overally I was fairly...

Not a NYC Style Fixed Price Churrascaría with a choice of 100+ self serve salads, stews, soups and side dishes and a parade of high quality cuts of meats on the skewer, sliced at your table, but a pay by the pound cafeteria, where a workman can get a hearty meal before/after his shift. No trays, just a take out tin or paper plate greet you over very limited fresh salad ingredients – so unappealing that this salad/veggie loving family took none; then a choice of either white or yellow rice; white or black beans; 4 hot table dishes and then 6 rotisserie items sliced to order: though fresh and well seasoned, none of the meats was a high quality cut and the steak was tough. Frankly my favorite rotisserie items were the pineapple and sausage.

Minas is located just down the hill from Danbury Hospital and next to Western CT College, so is always busy from 5 AM to Midnight. It is definitely much better than the other nearby Brazilian Cafeteria...