Guidebook for São Paulo

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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 locals recommend
Pão de Açúcar
1933 R. Teodoro Sampaio
461 locals recommend
Good 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 locals recommend
Pinheiros Municipal Market
89 R. Pedro Cristi
57 locals recommend
Best 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 locals recommend
Quitanda
159 R. Mateus Grou
103 locals recommend
Very good fruit market - also sells other stuff. Very good quality, but a bit expensive.
local supermarket.
58 locals recommend
Mambo Supermarket - Vila Madalena
553 R. Dep. Lacerda Franco
58 locals recommend
local supermarket.
Organics street market. Fruits, vegetables, bread and other products
R. Pedro Cristi, 75
Organics street market. Fruits, vegetables, bread and other products

Food Scene

One of the best burgers around. Trendy.
67 locals recommend
Meats
320 R. dos Pinheiros
67 locals recommend
One of the best burgers around. Trendy.
The best burger around.
Rua Padre Carvalho, 18
The best burger around.
Lebanese food - delicious
14 locals recommend
Jaber
1347 R. Clodomiro Amazonas
14 locals recommend
Lebanese food - delicious
Great coffee
24 locals recommend
Sofá Café Pinheiros
214 R. Henrique Monteiro
24 locals recommend
Great coffee
Texmex food, probably the most well known mexican restaurant in SP
12 locals recommend
El Kabong
15 Rua Mateus Grou
12 locals recommend
Texmex food, probably the most well known mexican restaurant in SP
huum, french food
148 locals recommend
Le Jazz Brasserie
254 R. dos Pinheiros
148 locals recommend
huum, french food
great food - international
16 locals recommend
Brado Restaurante
367 R. Joaquim Antunes
16 locals recommend
great food - international
international food. Very good price on daily menu (about 40 reais, with starter and desert)
41 locals recommend
Nou
419 R. Ferreira de Araújo
41 locals recommend
international 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. Vupabussu
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.
huum, great spanish restaurant
7 locals recommend
Restaurante Almodovar
274 R. dos Pinheiros
7 locals recommend
huum, 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 locals recommend
Chácara Turma da Monica
589 R. Ferreira de Araújo
6 locals recommend
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.
Eat the bomba de chocolate - chocolate bomb. Typical desert.
17 locals recommend
Faire La Bombe
223 R. dos Pinheiros
17 locals recommend
Eat the bomba de chocolate - chocolate bomb. Typical desert.
Home made ice cream
81 locals recommend
Frida & Mina
1147 R. Artur de Azevedo
81 locals recommend
Home made ice cream
Great pasta. You can eat in balconies on the street or buy the pasta to go.
10 locals recommend
Pastifício PRIMO Pinheiros
285 R. Fradique Coutinho
10 locals recommend
Great 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.
9 locals recommend
Restaurante Vila das Meninas
139 R. Padre Carvalho
9 locals recommend
Great restaurant. Difficult to spot, it`s a small and discreet door. Great Food, meals around R$50.
Italian, good price
Ella.
138 R. Costa Carvalho
Italian, good price
Bike Coffee
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 locals recommend
Bar das Batidas C do Padre
799 R. Padre Carvalho
19 locals recommend
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...
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
Carioca bar.
64 locals recommend
Pirajá
64 Av. Brg. Faria Lima
64 locals recommend
Carioca bar.
Jazz bar :)
Teta
1265 Rua Cardeal Arcoverde
Jazz bar :)
Samba club. Best days are Wed and Thu.
101 locals recommend
O do Borogodo
21 R. Horácio Lane
101 locals recommend
Samba club. Best days are Wed and Thu.
Another samba club
13 locals recommend
Traço de União
1013 Rua Fradique Coutinho
13 locals recommend
Another 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.
Pub. 24 draft beers. No need to say more.
R. Ferreira de Araújo, 589
Pub. 24 draft beers. No need to say more.
Order Picanha na chapa. Legendary
85 locals recommend
Bar do Juarez
324 Av. Jurema
85 locals recommend
Order 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.
94 locals recommend
SESC Pinheiros
195 R. Pais Leme
94 locals recommend
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.
Museum, has nice exhibitions
343 locals recommend
Tomie Ohtake Institute
88 Av. Brg. Faria Lima
343 locals recommend
Museum, has nice exhibitions
Cool museum
294 locals recommend
São Paulo Museum of Image and Sound
158 Av. Europa
294 locals recommend
Cool museum
park
514 locals recommend
Villa Lobos Park
2001 Av. Prof. Fonseca Rodrigues
514 locals recommend
park
small park
278 locals recommend
People's Park
420 Av. Henrique Chamma
278 locals recommend
small park

Shopping

The cheapest around
10 locals recommend
Farmácias Pague Menos
1116 Av. Brg. Faria Lima
10 locals recommend
The cheapest around
drugstore
10 locals recommend
Onofre
10 locals recommend
drugstore
THE BEST bookstore in Sao Paulo. Vendors actually READ books.
109 locals recommend
Livraria Da Vila
915 Rua Fradique Coutinho
109 locals recommend
THE BEST bookstore in Sao Paulo. Vendors actually READ books.
The most upscale shopping mall in Sao Paulo. Cinema, bookstore and expensive shops.
297 locals recommend
Iguatemi Shopping
2232 Av. Brg. Faria Lima
297 locals recommend
The 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.
227 locals recommend
Shopping Eldorado
227 locals recommend
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.
41 locals recommend
Havaianas
1116 R. Oscar Freire
41 locals recommend
If 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

Laundry
5àSec - Faria Lima
1621 Avenida Brigadeiro Faria Lima
Laundry
Movie Theatre
97 locals recommend
Cinesala
361 R. Fradique Coutinho
97 locals recommend
Movie Theatre
USP
137 locals recommend
University of São Paulo
374 Rua da Reitoria
137 locals recommend
USP

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 locals recommend
Fair Benedito Calixto
240 Praça Benedito Calixto
174 locals recommend
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.
Graffiti in 2-3 blocks - from prestigious street artists from Brazil and abroad.
Rua Gonçalo Afonso
Graffiti in 2-3 blocks - from prestigious street artists from Brazil and abroad.
Museum - with good restaurant
132 locals recommend
Museum of the Brazilian House (MCB)
2705 Av. Brg. Faria Lima
132 locals recommend
Museum - 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 locals recommend
Praça Pôr do Sol
334 Praça Cel. Custódio Fernandes Pinheiro
190 locals recommend
One of the best sunset views in Sao Paulo. Bring a bottle of wine and lay in the grass like everyone else.