São Paulo
What started out as a food truck parking lot in 2015 has exploded into a full-on gastronomy- and design-focused shipping container city. The food trucks…
Must-see restaurants in São Paulo
São Paulo
It's easy to tire of Brazil's uneventful cheese, but this revelatory cheesemonger – a Sampa first – works with small-production artisanal and farmstead…
São Paulo
A Liberdade institution and the city's best Chinese. First and foremost, expect surly service; second to that, the gyoza (pan-fried Japanese dumplings)…
São Paulo
On charming and romantic Rua Avanhandava – a leafy, almost European-feeling side street in Centro – this traditional trattoria is one of the city's most…
São Paulo
One of São Paulo's more interesting vegan choices, this simple Sumaré shack – which shares space with in-the-know vinyl record shop and bar Fatiado Discos…
São Paulo
This modern Jardins brasserie is a good-time, casual spot for well-done classics such as steak frites, boeuf bourguignon and other French staples. It has…
São Paulo
Despite his mug everywhere, including TV (Brazil's version of Hell's Kitchen), chef Carlos Bertolazzi remains a humble, immediately likable dude’s dude…
São Paulo
São Paulo has a churrascaria (all-you-can-eat steakhouse) for all budgets. While Vento Haregano is certainly not cheap, it strikes a great balance between…
São Paulo
Heloisa Bacellar, who honed her pastry skills in France, runs this adorable kitschy homewares shop–restaurant-bakery. Excellent Brazilian comfort food …
São Paulo
This hotshot sandwicheria has been scooping up awards for the city's best sandwich joint since opening in 2015. These juicy concoctions tend towards an…
São Paulo
This República hot spot was one of the first to give Paulistanos a reason to venture into Centro at night. The legitimately retro space, fueled by a…
São Paulo
There are exceptions, of course, but most Brazilians eat their meat churrascaria-style, but if you're looking for a fat and juicy hunk of perfectly…
São Paulo
This independently minded boteco (neighborhood bar) is slammed at night, when packs of sexy bohemians swill properly chilled bottled beer with fresh…
São Paulo
Tucked away in a deep lane off Rua Augusta, this hipster veg burger delight was spawned from the opposite: a highly successful traditional burger joint in…
São Paulo
Servers can barely maneuver within this tiny deli that has capitalized on the city's odd combination of storied Jewish history but lack of the food that…
São Paulo
Modeled after New York City's vehemently popular Shake Shack, Bullguer does excellent made-to-order burgers and great crinkly fries that taste a lot…
São Paulo
This fun burger joint owned by a gastronomy public relations veteran is a solid downtown stop for juicy burgers. The R$19 cheeseburger is a steal, but the…
São Paulo
Brazilian seafood isn't the first thing to come to mind due to São Paulo's inland location, but Chef Bella Masano's classic, family-run seafooder does an…
São Paulo
Started by refugees fleeing the Armenian genocide in 1973, this downright divey classic slings some of the city's best esfihas – open-faced or triangular…
São Paulo
AMMA's sustainably-sourced, organic and milk-free chocolate is probably Brazil's best. Sample popular flavors such as sea salt, coffee and Gula Merah …
São Paulo
One of Sampa's most popular and best vegetarian restaurants. A daily-changing salad buffet is offered (okra with vinaigrette is perennially popular) along…
São Paulo
Denver Bronco–obsessed Paulo Yoller is the city's tattooed Beastie Boy of burgers and often regarded as Sampa's most creative grillman. Our go-to is the…
São Paulo
Pop into this Japanese convenience store in Liberdade for tasty sakura moti (sweets made from red kidney bean paste, rice and cherry blossom leaves). They…
São Paulo
Induce a sugar coma with the traditional sweets of Portugal, laid out here in a dizzying and mouthwatering 15m-long display case.
São Paulo
You'll find gourmet groceries and imported brands at São Paulo's most upscale supermarket.
São Paulo
Once a magnificent one-off bakery run by a French-born Brazilian who started making bread when he was 13, billionaires bought the former Benjamin Abrahão…
São Paulo
Hidden behind the scrap and steel of Av Paulista skyscrapers, upscale diner Spot is the self-consciously sophisticated domain of celebrities, hip gays,…
São Paulo
Cheap eats for a good cause, this 'Special Chefs Cafe' was created to provide autonomy and workplace integration for Brazilians with Down syndrome,…
São Paulo
A São Paulo institution and no doubt the most humble meal you can get on uppity Rua Oscar Freire, Frevo specializes in simple Middle Eastern-influenced…
São Paulo
An authentic taqueria would once be rarer than a chupacabra sighting in São Paulo! But this colorful Mexican-Brazilian operation churns out tacos,…
São Paulo
This very agreeable, upscale and wild bakery is especially popular with both gay and straight Paulistanos for its gourmet sandwiches, salads and the like…
