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Bistro do Paço
On the ground floor of the Paço Imperial, this informal restaurant offers a tasty assortment of quiches, salads, soups and other light fare. Save room for the delicious pies and cakes.
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Café Botânico
This letter-box-sized café and bistro serves tasty bites, like goat cheese quiche, pumpkin soup and homemade sandwiches. Don't neglect the tasty pie and cake selection.
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Café do Rodrigues
Inside the charming Centro branch of the Livraria da Travessa bookstore, Café do Rodrigues is a suitable setting for philosophical conversation when the world - or the humidity - has worn you down. Browse for books, then peruse your finds over a torta do palmito (heart-of-palm quiche), a hearty soup or a flavorful salad.
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Café Severino
In the back of the Argumento bookshop, this charming café is a cozy place to hide away with a book or a new friend. In addition to coffees and lighter fare - sandwiches, salads and desserts - it's justly famed for its tasty crepes (try the salmon with Gruyère).
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Celeiro
This casual spot on one of Leblon's main restaurant strips packs crowds in during lunchtime. Celeiro is mostly famed for its salad bar, though the small eatery serves excellent soups, pastries and quiches. Get there early to avoid the rush.
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Confeitaria Colombo
Far removed from the hustle and bustle of Av Atlântica, this handsome café offers truly magnificent views of Copacabana beach. At the outdoor tables, you can sit beneath shady palm trees, enjoying cappuccino, salads, quiche or crepes as young soldiers from the fort file past. To get there, you'll have to pay admission (around R$2 ) to the Forte de Copacabana (Copacabana fort), but it's well worth the price. There is also another branch in Centro (2232 2300; Rua Gonçalves Dias 34, Centro).
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Espaço Rio Carioca
Espaço Rio Carioca, which opened in 2007, is yet another symbol of Laranjeiras' ongoing revitalization. Above a ground-level bookstore, the airy café and bistro serves tasty salads, cheese plates (a rarity in Rio), wines by the glass and handsomely prepared sandwiches. There's also an outdoor patio that makes a fine vantage point for observing this peaceful stretch of Rio (note the row houses next door - Rio's first). The space hosts live music and other cultural events throughout the week.
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Livraria Prefácio
In the back of the small arts-oriented bookshop of the same name, this café, with its exposed brick walls and atmospheric lighting, makes the perfect hide-away on those rare rainy days. The menu features bruschetta, salads, sandwiches including croque monsieur (toasted ham and cheese sandwich), and desserts. The café fills with diners killing time before catching a film at the cinema next door, and hosts occasional book signings and art openings.
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Marizé Gourmet
This airy two-story restaurant is ideally suited to samba-club-goers in the area. It has big windows from which to watch the street action, and tasty salads, sandwiches and bar snacks. There's live music Thursday to Saturday.
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