Restaurants in Fortaleza
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Vira Verão
Praia do Futuro is lined with enormous barracas, some with hundreds of tables under sunshades on the sand. It’s good for seafood meals and snacks – pargo assado (grilled red snapper) with salad is a favorite dish here. Vira Verão boasts a sea of golden-tanned goodness under coconut tree palapas (thatched-roof hut) on any given day, a requisite stop for surfers, windsurfers, kitesurfers and pretty much everyone else who owns a revealing swimsuit.
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Coco Bambu
This huge and festive eatery is one of those ridiculous Brazilian restaurants that does a whole lot of everything and – one would think – not a whole lot well. Oh no, not here. The 14-page menu covers pizza, tapioca, crêpes, sushi and regional mains (as well as por-kilo for lunch) but here’s the rub: everything is excellent, including the clientele, which is always a bit raucous with Fortaleza’s finest.
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Santa Clara Café Orgânico
Santa Clara is one of the city’s hot ‘ Pontos de Encontros, ’ which loosely translated means where hot people go to mingle. It’s a wonderful little café serving organic Joe, sandwiches, wraps, waffles (despite its 3pm opening time), cheesecake, tapioca and a plethora of fancier coffee drinks. It’s located on the upper level of Dragão do Mar.
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50 Sabores
Ice cream heaven, though with a terribly misleading name: there are actually 100 flavors here, including caipirinha (made with cachaça, a white spirit made from sugarcane – you must be 18 to purchase!), beer flavor, crispy cheese and cream corn, among loads of Brazilian fruits and more classic options. It’s absolutely wonderful.
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Vojnilô
With a confusing Macedonian name and under-the-radar appeal, this subtly maritime-themed restaurant won top seafood accolades in the city in 2009. The seafood spaghetti (R$59), topped with two whole langostas (small lobsters), and the house whole fish in caper sauce are both phenomenal.
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Restaurante La Marea
Good two-level grill house on Iracema's 'restaurant corner', with meat cooked over red-hot coals. They'll grill the picanha (Brazil's favorite cut of beef comes from the cow's rump and is eaten pinkish, salty and fresh from the grill) at your table.
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Cemoara
This is a renowned seafood restaurant, with no shorts or sandals allowed. It boasts some of the best seafood dishes in the city, but still has reasonable prices for what you get. Try the fish in mussel sauce; you won't be disappointed.
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Colher de Pau
This is one of the best places on a street lined with good-value, medium-range restaurants, many of them started by waiters from fancier places elsewhere in Fortaleza. It’s consistently voted the best in town for regional cuisine.
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Café Crème
Crème is one of the main restaurants at Dragão do Mar, with tables out front for watching the action. The pizza rodízio (smorgasbord) is unbeatable value.
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Top-value self-service place with great grilled meats, good fresh salads, vegetable fritters and rice and bean dishes.
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Pelicano
Serves a variety of well-prepared food, including pizzas and grilled meats, with the beach right across the street.
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