A new pizzeria on Park Boulevard is serving pies topped with hearts of palm, guava paste, and cured beef, all part of an all-you-can-eat rodízio format that opened in Pinellas Park last month. Quintal Brasil Pizza sits at 6119 Park Boulevard, in a plaza already home to the same family's Brazilian tavern and açaí café, and it's betting that Tampa Bay diners are ready for a distinctly Brazilian take on pizza night.
The restaurant is owned by Ray and Kaline Barreto, according to St Pete Rising, who also operate Boteco Bossa Nova and Wildlife Açaí & Café in the same plaza. The all-you-can-eat pizza experience costs $34.90 or $39.90 per person depending on the day, with kids ages 7 to 12 priced at $21.90 and children ages 4 to 6 at $15.90. Diners who'd rather skip the rodízio format can also order full or half pizzas à la carte, and the restaurant offers takeout, delivery, and gluten-free dough for those who need it.
Every pie at Quintal Brasil starts with dough made using beef tallow instead of vegetable oil, a detail the restaurant's menu highlights as central to its approach. The menu leans into flavors unfamiliar to many American pizza eaters: a Sertaneja pizza with onions, coalho cheese, and cured beef; a Portuguesa pizza loaded with ham, hard-boiled eggs, onions, bell peppers, and olives; and a pie topped with hearts of palm and Catupiry, the creamy Brazilian cheese. Dessert pizzas round things out, including a Romeu e Julieta pie with shredded mozzarella and guava paste, plus a banana, cinnamon, and Nutella version. A more familiar Margherita, with mozzarella, basil, and tomato, is also on offer.
What Makes Brazilian Pizza Different
Brazilian pizza is generally known for a thin crust, a light layer of sauce, and toppings that stray far from the pepperoni-and-cheese American standard. That style traces back to São Paulo, where a massive wave of Italian immigrants in the late 19th and early 20th centuries built a pizza culture so dominant that the city now produces between 870,000 and 1 million pies a day, according to Host Milano industry census data, making it the world's second-largest pizza-consuming city behind New York.
Nationally, a 2023 survey by the Brazilian Association of United Pizzerias found that the country's 115,000 pizzerias turn out roughly 3.8 million pizzas every day, per data reported by Italianismo. That same survey found calabresa, a pepperoni-style sausage topping, is Brazil's most popular flavor at 38.2% of orders, followed by mozzarella and margherita. The Catupiry cheese featured on Quintal Brasil's hearts of palm pie has its own history: it was invented in 1911 in Lambari, Minas Gerais, by Italian immigrants Mário and Rosa Silvestrini, and its name comes from a Tupi-Guarani word meaning excellent, according to background reported by CPG Click Oil and Gas.
A Family Footprint Along Park Boulevard
Quintal Brasil is the third concept the Barretos have opened in the same Pinellas Park plaza. Ray Barreto's path into the tavern business started at age 14 in Natal, Brazil, where he converted a corner of his father's neighborhood store into a nighttime bar, according to the Tampa Bay Times. He and Kaline opened Boteco Bossa Nova in the plaza in June 2025, described at the time as Tampa Bay's first traditional Brazilian boteco tavern, complete with live music and caipirinhas modeled on neighborhood bars back home. The family's third storefront, Wildlife Açaí & Café at 6125 Park Blvd, rounds out the trio with açaí bowls alongside gluten-free tapioca crepes, pão de queijo, and savory cuscuz.
The plaza at 6119 Park Boulevard also shares space with Quan Ngon Bistro, Fat Cat Pizza & Dogs, and Beangood Coffee, placing Quintal Brasil in the middle of a stretch that reflects Pinellas Park's broader immigrant communities. Park Boulevard functions as the city's central commercial corridor, and the strip has become known for its mix of Southeast Asian, European, and South American eateries. That growth has attracted bigger commercial investment nearby, too: in March, the Pinellas Park Planning and Zoning Commission unanimously approved a 120-room hotel and 28,000 square feet of new retail space at the nearby Shoppes at Park Place, a 495,000-square-foot center anchored by Target and Regal Cinemas, according to St Pete Rising.
Quintal Brasil's opening also fits into a wider pattern of Brazilian pizza brands testing the Central Florida market. Hoodline reported in Brazilian Pizza Lands In Winter Garden that São Paulo brand SEO Basilico, once ranked among Latin America's top pizzerias, was preparing its own Florida debut in Winter Garden this spring. Whether the Barretos plan to cross-promote events across their three adjacent Pinellas Park venues, or eventually bring the rodízio pizza format to lunch service, remains to be seen.
Hours And What To Expect
Quintal Brasil is closed Mondays and Tuesdays. It's open from 5 to 10 p.m. Wednesday, Thursday, and Sunday, and stays open later, from 5 to 11 p.m., on Friday and Saturday. Rodízio, the Brazilian term for the all-you-can-eat service, is the restaurant's central offering, with servers circulating fresh-cut savory and dessert pies until diners wave them off.
