04/17/2023
Dear Customers, Friends …. and Family
It is with a heavy heart (but a little excitement) that we are announcing the closing of Café do Brasil, Bossa Nova Bar and Sugar Loaf Catering on Saturday, April 29th. I have truly poured my heart and soul into this endeavor for over 17 years (and 10 years prior to that at More Than Muffins) but always said to myself that I would be taking a different route when I turn 65, and well that day will come on April 27th and I have decided to leave vertically instead of horizontally. It’s been a great journey for the last 27 years, with so many blessings from this community, who embraced me and my culture, when back in 1994 not very many people had even heard of Brasil, neither knew where it was located, nor what the cuisine was about, but little by little they were flocking in for black beans and rice, feijoada, our so popular cheese bread, or just coming in to listen to the beats of Bossa Nova, on Saturday mornings… It feels like it all happened yesterday, but so many years have gone by with so much joy, blessings, laughs, stress, tears at times, but one thing I can assure you… I lived it up every single moment, every single day and still am loving what I do. I guess the expression “work is not work when you enjoy what you do” is surreal, and there is nothing more rewarding in life when you have the opportunity to bring so many people together to celebrate with your food, the many births, marriages, engagements, graduations, proms, birthdays, even funerals, sad and troubling times, happy and joyous times, mentorships and just plain life itself over the years. I have had the pleasure to watch many of you grow up experiencing your own joys and drawing your own paths. So with that in mind it is time for me to hang up my hat and park my boots, and most definitely I have to say I wouldn’t have been able to shine so bright if it were not for MO, who is one of the most dedicated managers I ever had the pleasure to work with for the last 8 years, who embraced my customers as a family and made everyone to feel at home. So grateful to him and some of the staff members who have been putting up with me for the last 8 to 10 years as well.
COVID has definitely changed many things in our lives, including running a full-service restaurant and bar - but maybe it just made my promise to myself that much easier to keep.
I will truly miss this part of my life - it has been so, so appreciated! You have no idea! A great journey, a fabulous ride.
So I am saying adios this way for now but if you get the chance please try to come by and say good bye in person before the 29th if you can.
Beijos e muito Amor…
Ana
