Restaurants in Brasília
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Quitinete
This chic deli-restaurant-bakery serves exquisite desserts (try the tartellete de limão; lemon tart) and the best coffee in the city (roasted in-house). Delivery available.
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Lagash
A mix of Moroccan, Lebanese and Syrian cuisine earns this sparsely decorated restaurant top Middle Eastern food in town year after year. Anything with lamb is delightful.
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O Paraíba
Indigenous art lines the walls at this upscale tapiocaria where quesadilla-like dishes are made from tapioca, a specialty of the Northeast. Try the signature dish, queijo coahlo (cured white cheese) and carne de sol (salted and grilled meat with beans, rice and vegetables) served with homemade butter from the countryside.
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The city’s hottest contemporary table honors the slow food tradition in an exotic atmosphere that highlights fresh produce from Amazonas and Pará. Chef Mara Alcamim, who trained in New York and Italy, is Brasília’s chef du moment. Her grilled shrimp in apricot chutney, served alongside Brie risotto, is cause for genuflecting.
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Mormaii Surf Bar
Locals park themselves on the outdoor lakeside patio every afternoon for tasty sandwiches and the house specialt, açaí na tigela, a refreshing sorbetlike meal of blended palmberries, guaraná syrup, bananas and honey. On weekends, the waterfront location (located in the Pontão) attracts a roaring nightlife crowd as well.
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Pizza à Bessa
The rodízio (all-you-can-eat) option here is implausibly cheap and the best way to try some inventive ingredients like pureed pumpkin, broccoli, and an outrageous dessert pizza with a huge scoop of ice cream. The queijo coalho and rapadura (dried sugarcane juice) pizza is a masterpiece.
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Universal Diner
A junkyard-chic aesthetic greets patrons at this eclectic rock eatery (it’s overflowing with funky bric-a-brac and antique knick-knacks), one of the city’s Brazilicious culinary gems. Mouth-watering tenderloin au poivre is the way to go, served up on vinyl LP placemats.
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Mangai
Newly awarded its culinary stars, this Bahian per-kilo offers a host of creative dishes served up by Natal chef João Pessoa at a startlingly low price. Try the sovaco-de-cobra, a kind of beef jerky with green corn. It’s down by the Ponte JK.
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Belini
Though housed inside a very expensive-looking Italian mansion, this high-end food emporium-cum-restaurant offers reasonably priced sandwiches at the counter of its small coffee shop (anything on ciabatta should sort you out).
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Marietta
This sandwich shop turns out the capital’s best: a triangular triple-decker of arugula, buffalo mozzarella and sun-dried tomatoes. It has prize-winning juices and killer salads as well.
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