High on a hill with a spectacular sunset view, this lively restaurant has French, Italian, Spanish, and Brazilian dishes. Sit in the Olinda Room with its wall of windows. Try the porco reacheado (pork tenderloin stuffed with spinach and feta cheese) or the moqueca mineira (shrimp, clams, and whitefish in a Brazilian sauce). Brazilian radio often accompanies the meal. If you love chicken, try...
It's worth taking a ride out to Brazilian-born chef Carlos Amaral's fine restaurant, across from the Tanglewood Mall, not only for the excellent food but for the view over the Roanoke Valley. Most restaurants here have no view at all, but reserve as soon as possible for a patio table or one in the semicircular Olinda Room, whose window walls offer an unimpeded vista (and be sure to tell them...