Guidebook for São Paulo
Essentials
Futurama is the most popular supermarket option around. Good quality stuff, a bit cheaper.
Rua dos Pinheiros, 1518
Futurama is the most popular supermarket option around. Good quality stuff, a bit cheaper.
Good supermarket. Sells fresh coconut water in the parking lot.
461 lokalinvånare rekommenderar
Pão de Açúcar
1933 R. Teodoro SampaioGood supermarket. Sells fresh coconut water in the parking lot.
Best cost-benefit for meat, fruits and vegetables. Small municipal market, open from 8-18h Mon-Sat.
57 lokalinvånare rekommenderar
Pinheiros kommunala marknad
89 R. Pedro CristiBest cost-benefit for meat, fruits and vegetables. Small municipal market, open from 8-18h Mon-Sat.
Very good fruit market - also sells other stuff. Very good quality, but a bit expensive.
103 lokalinvånare rekommenderar
Quitanda
159 R. Mateus GrouVery good fruit market - also sells other stuff. Very good quality, but a bit expensive.
Mambo Supermarket - Vila Madalena
553 R. Dep. Lacerda Francolocal supermarket.
R. Pedro Cristi, 75
Organics street market. Fruits, vegetables, bread and other products
Food Scene
Meats
320 R. dos PinheirosOne of the best burgers around. Trendy.
Rua Padre Carvalho, 18
The best burger around.
Jaber
1347 R. Clodomiro AmazonasLebanese food - delicious
Sofá Café Pinheiros
214 R. Henrique MonteiroGreat coffee
Texmex food, probably the most well known mexican restaurant in SP
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El Kabong
15 Rua Mateus GrouTexmex food, probably the most well known mexican restaurant in SP
Le Jazz Brasserie
254 R. dos Pinheiroshuum, french food
Brado Restaurante
367 R. Joaquim Antunesgreat food - international
international food. Very good price on daily menu (about 40 reais, with starter and desert)
41 lokalinvånare rekommenderar
Nou
419 R. Ferreira de Araújointernational food. Very good price on daily menu (about 40 reais, with starter and desert)
Amazing restaurant - specialty are things that go in the huge wooden oven. I recommend the guava desert, great even if you don`t have a sweet tooth.
Forquilha
347 R. VupabussuAmazing restaurant - specialty are things that go in the huge wooden oven. I recommend the guava desert, great even if you don`t have a sweet tooth.
Restaurante Almodovar
274 R. dos Pinheiroshuum, great spanish restaurant
Sorry, but if you are a gringo you`ll love this place. Good food (R$35 the buffet) and located in a former plant store. So very green, with turtles, fish... very cool.
6 lokalinvånare rekommenderar
Chácara Turma da Monica
589 R. Ferreira de AraújoSorry, but if you are a gringo you`ll love this place. Good food (R$35 the buffet) and located in a former plant store. So very green, with turtles, fish... very cool.
Eat the bomba de chocolate - chocolate bomb. Typical desert.
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Faire La Bombe
223 R. dos PinheirosEat the bomba de chocolate - chocolate bomb. Typical desert.
Frida & Mina
1147 R. Artur de AzevedoHome made ice cream
Great pasta. You can eat in balconies on the street or buy the pasta to go.
10 lokalinvånare rekommenderar
Pastifício PRIMO Pinheiros
285 R. Fradique CoutinhoGreat pasta. You can eat in balconies on the street or buy the pasta to go.
Bakery in the traditional style of Brazil. The bread is good - always fresh, but I think it`s too expensive. I prefer to buy my french bread in Futurama supermarket.
Rua Artur de Azevedo, 2016
Bakery in the traditional style of Brazil. The bread is good - always fresh, but I think it`s too expensive. I prefer to buy my french bread in Futurama supermarket.
Great restaurant. Difficult to spot, it`s a small and discreet door. Great Food, meals around R$50.
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Restaurante Vila das Meninas
139 R. Padre CarvalhoGreat restaurant. Difficult to spot, it`s a small and discreet door. Great Food, meals around R$50.
Ella.
138 R. Costa CarvalhoItalian, good price
Aro 27 Bike Café
Bike Coffee
Drinks & Nightlife
Cu do Padre, or the Priest`s asshole, is a very traditional bar in SP. Great and cheap food compensate the not great service. Good for unpretentious beer w friends. The name? Its behind the church...
19 lokalinvånare rekommenderar
Bar das Batidas C do Padre
799 R. Padre CarvalhoCu do Padre, or the Priest`s asshole, is a very traditional bar in SP. Great and cheap food compensate the not great service. Good for unpretentious beer w friends. The name? Its behind the church...
New hip bar. Drinks are expensive (R$25 each), but come in a huge glass.
Rua dos Pinheiros, 585
Rua dos Pinheiros, 585
New hip bar. Drinks are expensive (R$25 each), but come in a huge glass.
Rua dos Pinheiros, 585
Pirajá
64 Av. Brg. Faria LimaCarioca bar.
Teta
1265 Rua Cardeal ArcoverdeJazz bar :)
O do Borogodo
21 R. Horácio LaneSamba club. Best days are Wed and Thu.
Traço de União
1013 Rua Fradique CoutinhoAnother samba club
Jazz club, for locals. Its in the back of a parking lot - so go through the parking lot and the bar will be at the end, on your left. On Thursdays it`s more about the music, so no talking.
Rua João Moura, 1076
Jazz club, for locals. Its in the back of a parking lot - so go through the parking lot and the bar will be at the end, on your left. On Thursdays it`s more about the music, so no talking.
R. Ferreira de Araújo, 589
Pub. 24 draft beers. No need to say more.
Bar do Juarez
324 Av. JuremaOrder Picanha na chapa. Legendary
Arts & Culture
SESC has many cool exhibitions, concerts, and a great restaurant. Everything is cheap because industries subsidise it. During lunch the line is just too long, so avoid 12-13:30PM.
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SESC Pinheiros
195 R. Pais LemeSESC has many cool exhibitions, concerts, and a great restaurant. Everything is cheap because industries subsidise it. During lunch the line is just too long, so avoid 12-13:30PM.
Instituto Tomie Ohtake
88 Av. Brg. Faria LimaMuseum, has nice exhibitions
São Paulo Museum of Image and Sound
158 Av. EuropaCool museum
Parken Villa Lobos
2001 Av. Prof. Fonseca Rodriguespark
Folkparken
420 Av. Henrique Chammasmall park
Shopping
Farmácias Pague Menos
1116 Av. Brg. Faria LimaThe cheapest around
Onofre
drugstore
THE BEST bookstore in Sao Paulo. Vendors actually READ books.
109 lokalinvånare rekommenderar
Livraria Da Vila
915 Rua Fradique CoutinhoTHE BEST bookstore in Sao Paulo. Vendors actually READ books.
The most upscale shopping mall in Sao Paulo. Cinema, bookstore and expensive shops.
297 lokalinvånare rekommenderar
Shopping Iguatemi
2232 Av. Brg. Faria LimaThe most upscale shopping mall in Sao Paulo. Cinema, bookstore and expensive shops.
Good shopping mall. Very big, with many options of stores - from low to high budget stuff. Cinema, Extra Supermarket in the ground floor.
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Shopping Eldorado
Good shopping mall. Very big, with many options of stores - from low to high budget stuff. Cinema, Extra Supermarket in the ground floor.
If you`re not Brazilian you were probably asked to bring many Havaianas! Well, this is your chance to make people happy at home.
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Havaianas
1116 R. Oscar FreireIf you`re not Brazilian you were probably asked to bring many Havaianas! Well, this is your chance to make people happy at home.
Everything Else
5àSec - Faria Lima
1621 Avenida Brigadeiro Faria LimaLaundry
Cinesala
361 R. Fradique CoutinhoMovie Theatre
Universidade de São Paulo
374 Rua da ReitoriaUSP
Sightseeing
Street fair on Saturdays - nice local designer stuff, local food in the heart of the square, chorinho music and antiques. On Sundays, food at Feirinha Gastronomica.
174 lokalinvånare rekommenderar
Fair Benedito Calixto
240 Praça Benedito CalixtoStreet fair on Saturdays - nice local designer stuff, local food in the heart of the square, chorinho music and antiques. On Sundays, food at Feirinha Gastronomica.
Rua Gonçalo Afonso
Graffiti in 2-3 blocks - from prestigious street artists from Brazil and abroad.
Museu da Casa Brasileira
2705 Av. Brg. Faria LimaMuseum - with good restaurant
One of the best sunset views in Sao Paulo. Bring a bottle of wine and lay in the grass like everyone else.
190 lokalinvånare rekommenderar
Solnedgångs torg
334 Praça Cel. Custódio Fernandes PinheiroOne of the best sunset views in Sao Paulo. Bring a bottle of wine and lay in the grass like everyone else.