Bars and Cafés

Appears in
Brazil: A Cook's Tour
Brazil

By Christopher Idone

Published 1995

  • About
  • Colombo
  • Rua Gonçalves Dis 32 (Center)
  • Tel. (021) 232.3200
  • Don’t take a wrong door and walk into the standup bar near the kitchen, offering light snacks and sandwiches. Enter the center door to this Belle Epoque dream world, every vitrine, mirror, panel, and chair made in Paris at the turn of the century. Drink sucos, enjoy an empada, a pasteis, or a sandwich, soak up the atmosphere, and enjoy the crowd. Forget the menu, which isn’t worth it.
  • Mil Frutas (in Rio and Barra)
  • Rio: Rua Jardim Botânico 585
  • Tel. (021) 511.2550 Barra: Up from the ocean at rua Olegario Maciel 440, Loja D
  • Tel. (021) 494.3522
  • For a delicious sampling of Amazonian and tropical-fruit ice creams and sorbets.