She had her West Adams Street home rezoned for commercial use so she could open its ground floor to the public, running Sunday-only brunch for years out of what's still, physically, a narrow Victorian three-flat across from the United Center before eventually adding weekday lunch. Feijoada, coxinhas, pão de queijo, and bobó de camarão (a shrimp dish built on coconut milk and ginger) are the dishes that show up in nearly every account of a visit.
Brunch runs buffet-style across two seatings, and Pereira has historically introduced each dish herself rather than leaving diners to guess. BYOB.
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