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D.O.M
After a five-year stint in Europe, chef Alex Atala returned to São Paulo in 1999 with a mission to change the way Latin America eats. His restaurant, D.O.M., is now regarded as the best restaurant in South America, and is...
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Due Cuochi
Casual yet refined, Due Cuochi is the go-to spot in Italian-heavy São Paulo for motherland comfort food. The kitchen changes menus frequently, but the black truffled egg yolk ravioli is a signature dish. Simple, fresh ingredients are the rule: the bavete with...
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Kan
Behind an understated door inside a ubiquitous shopping arcade is the simple domain of Japanese sushi chef Keisuke Egashira, a newcomer in Brazil armed with 23 years of Tokyo experience under his apron. He barely speaks Portuguese at all, but...
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Kinoshita
With the largest Japanese population outside of Japan, São Paulo is known for great sushi, with Kinoshita leading the pack. Hokkaido-born, Rio-raised chef Tsuyoshi Murakami is regarded as one of South America’s best Japanese chefs, and his Brazil-influenced cooking draws...
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Maní
Chef Helena Rizzo helms the kitchen at Maní, an eclectic, stylish restaurant in the Jardins neighborhood. Rizzo is part of the young culinary vanguard re-designing Brazilian cuisine, using obscure Amazonian fruits and vegetables and traditional cooking techniques to create pure magic....
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Mocotó/Esquina Mocotó
Arguably Brazil's most important up and coming chef, Rodrigo Oliviera, upped the ante on his father's simple restaurant, transforming it into a place that the Paulistano gourmet elite (and everyone else) was willing to travel deep into the city's gastronomy-scarce...
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Skye Bar
The rooftop bar on the Hotel Unique is a perennial hot spot for the city’s most beautiful and fashionable. The party here starts late and goes until morning—and the occasional reveler ending up in the red pool.
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Spot
This trendy restaurant draws a very chic crowd who come for its ambience and reliable continental cuisine.
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Trattoria Fasano
One of many properties owned by the Fasanos, this tony Italian restaurant is located in their chic hotel Fasano São Paulo. With a vast dining room, fancy ambience, fantastic cuisine and attentive service, this is the best Italian restaurant in...
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Courtesy Hotel Emiliano
Over the past few years, São Paulo has quietly built a standout culinary program. Famous for an awe-inspiring breadth (spanning from delicious pizza to the best sushi outside Japan), São Paulo chefs have been putting a twist on traditional flavors as of late. Brazilian food has seen a resurgence at some of the city’s best restaurants, including D.O.M., a restaurant widely considered to be the best in South America.