Restaurants in São Paulo
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A Bela Paulista
This very agreeable, upscale bakery is especially popular with the gay Paulistano community for its gourmet sandwiches and salads served around the clock. Expect lines in the wee hours as clubs start to close.
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Bráz
Cooking up what many consider Sampa's best pizza in wood ovens, this rather upscale but always animated spot is worth the 10 to 15 minute walk from Av Paulista.
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Gero
Part of the Fasano family of high-end restaurants, Gero occupies a beautifully minimalist, brick-lined dining room that attracts a lively, fashion-conscious crowd with its brilliantly executed Italian fare, like polenta with squid in its own ink, and homemade pasta with a ragu of sausage and radicchio.
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Sujinho
This no-nonsense steak house is a local favorite for its combination of fine, reasonably priced grilled meats, old-fashioned service and late hours. They have another dining room just across the street on Rua Consolação.
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Estadão
Famous for its pernil (pork loin) sandwiches served on crusty French bread, this no-frills stand-up joint is justifiably popular with both taxi drivers and the late-night revelers they ferry about.
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Ponto Chic
A São Paulo tradition, Ponto Chic is famous for its efficient, bow-tied staff and the extravagant bauru - a sandwich of beef, tomato, pickle and melted cheeses on French bread.
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Piola
Serving fine, thin-crust wood-oven pizza in a colorful, relaxed, chic dining room, Piola attracts a youngish and hip crowd. Expect a line Sunday evenings.
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Z-Deli
A Sampa classic, this upscale, invitingly bright Jewish deli specializes in Eastern European comfort food such as gefilte fish and potato dumplings.
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Nakasa
The decor - a stylish take on rustic Japanese architecture - is alluring, and so is the excellent sushi at this rather romantic Jardins option.
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Galeria dos Pães
This gourmet grocery store also has a great deli where the beautiful people of Jardins come to hash out their social lives over an excellent selection of gourmet sandwiches and fresh juices. There’s also a buffet breakfast during the week (R$14), brunch at weekends (R$18) and a daily buffet of soups and baked goods (R$20; 6pm to 5am).
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Brasil a Gosto
At once cozy and modern, this remarkable new Jardins institution has won kudos for its innovative takes on classic Brazilian dishes and ingredients, from carne do sol (tasty, salted meat, grilled and served with beans, rice and vegetables) to Amazonian fruits such as the berry-like açai.
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Galeria dos Pães
This gourmet grocery store also has a great deli where the beautiful people of Jardins come to hash out their social lives over an excellent selection of gourmet sandwiches and fresh juices. There's also a buffet breakfast during the week, brunch at weekends and a daily buffet of soups and baked goods.
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Brasil a Gosto
At once cozy and modern, this Jardins institution has won kudos for its innovative takes on classic Brazilian dishes and ingredients, from carne de sol (tasty, salted meat, grilled and served with beans, rice and vegetables) to Amazonian fruits such as the berry-like açaí.
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Green
There are lots of snack stands throughout Parque Do Ibirapuera, but you can get a full meal at the Green, between the Museu de Arte Moderna and the Museu Afro-Brasil, which serves a hearty per-kilo buffet. To get to the park take bus 775-A 'Jardim Aldagiza' from the metro station.
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Pitanga
Behind a screen of vines lies a colonial minivilla that has been transformed into a quaint and airy restaurant. A creative daily lunch buffet ranges from vegetarian lasagna and pasta with filet mignon to spicy anchovy stew. Note that prices rise R$5 to R$10 at weekends.
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Spot
Sheathed in stainless steel, Spot looks like a US diner but with much better chow. The menu is simple, with classic but well-prepared pastas and grilled meats. The crowd, by contrast, is self-consciously sophisticated, attracting artists, performers and journalists.
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Santa Gula
This remarkable restaurant, hidden at the end of a leafy court, serves up creative Brazilian-fusion dishes like shrimp with apricots and cashew-encrusted salmon. It doubles as a showcase of homegrown crafts - and you can literally take home the table you ate on.
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Maní
One of the most exciting recent additions to the Sampa dining scene, this rustic-chic restaurant is run impeccably by a Brazilian-Spanish couple. The inventive menu includes the remarkable starter of an extremely slow-cooked egg in a foamy sauce – amazing.
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Santa Gula
This remarkable restaurant at the end of a leafy court serves up creative Brazilian-fusion dishes such as shrimp with apricots, and cashew-encrusted salmon. It doubles as a showcase of Brazilian crafts, so you can literally take home the table you ate on.
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Tordesilhas
Behind a thick tangle of plants inside a golden-yellow colonial mansion, chef Mara Salles creates some of the very best contemporary Brazilian cuisine in the city, including perfectly grilled Amazonian fish and sun-cured beef with hearts of palm.
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Viena
In a bright, ground-floor of the enormous Conjunto Nacional building, this winningly straightforward café offers a fine lunchtime buffet with the freshest ingredients, plus an evening all-you-can-eat pizza special with excellent salad bar.
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Gopala Prasada
Cheap and elegant with delicious food, this Indian vegetarian lunch place (spread over two older town houses about 50 meters apart) offers two set menus daily, including soup, main and dessert. Simple food but prepared and served with care.
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D.O.M.
Foie gras with a crust of wild rice? Gnocchi with oxtail sauce? Duck breast with banana? This small and deceptively casual Italo-French restaurant serves up some of the finest food in Sampa, which is saying a lot. Reservations recommended.
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Martín Fierro
Even Brazilians admit that Argentines are the masters of barbecue, and this humble-looking but convivial spot proves their point. The grilled beef is outstanding, while the grilled veggies and empanadas make first-rate accompaniments.
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Asia House
For good, fair-priced and lightning-quick sushi, this per-kilo buffet restaurant just off Av Paulista is a great option. As well as sushi and sashimi there are classic Japanese and Chinese dishes, from tempura to Kung Pao chicken.
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