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Brutus

  • Signature

One of Giraffas’ most popular sandwiches, and a very Brazilian burger. A seasoned beef patty with bacon, melted mozzarella and a fried egg, plus lettuce, tomato and the house mayonnaise. The egg is the giveaway: a fried egg on a burger is a habit of Brazilian snack bars, and it makes the whole thing rich and messy. Go with fries, as the combo intends.

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The story

Brazilian burger menus are full of items beginning with X, and the reason is a pun: the Portuguese name of the letter sounds like the English word cheese, so an X-Burger is a cheeseburger and an X-Tudo has everything on it. Everything means a fried egg, bacon, ham, corn, peas or potato sticks, depending on the lanchonete. Giraffas opened in Brasília in 1981 and built its best-known sandwich on that local grammar rather than the American one, which is why the egg is standard and not an extra.

What’s inside

Make it at home

There is no copycat of the Brutus yet. Until there is, these recipes on the site come closest to it, judged by what goes into the bun.

Variations

The Brutus, taken somewhere it was never meant to go.

Similar burgers at other chains

Built around the same things as the Brutus.

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About Giraffas

  • Brazil
  • Since 1981
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Two friends, Mauro Lacerda and Muniz Neto, opened the first Giraffas in Lago Sul, a district of Brasília, in April 1981. It began franchising in 1991, nearly went under when Brazil’s inflation collapsed in the mid-1990s, and was sold in 1996 to three friends of the founders with no restaurant experience, who rebuilt it around franchising.

Hundreds of restaurants across Brazil, with a few abroad.

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