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Portuguese Restaurateur Opens Brazilian Bar & Grille In Jersey City Portuguese Restaurateur Opens Brazilian Bar & Grille In Jersey City
Portuguese Restaurateur Opens Brazilian Bar & Grille In Jersey City A local restaurateur with Portuguese roots is bringing a Brazilian bar and grill to downtown Jersey City. Michael Casalinho -- the owner of Broa Cafe -- is opening Tamborim in the space formerly occupied by Atlas Public House on Newark Avenue. While Casalinho himself is not from Brazil, his parents moved to a largely Brazilian neighborhood in the Ironbound section of Newark from Portugal nearly 40 years ago. There, he said, he developed a good understanding of Brazilian culture. Sometime last year, Casalinho began "testing the water" of Brazilian food with pop-up nights at Broa, whic…

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