Itatiaia, Brazil
Casa da Picanha Penedo
In Penedo, the mountain village outside Itatiaia that draws weekenders from Rio and São Paulo, Casa da Picanha Penedo represents the direct end of Brazilian churrasco culture: a neighborhood address built around the cut that defines the country's beef identity. The picanha is the story here, and in a region where cattle farming and highland pasture shape the table, that focus carries genuine local logic.
