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Exame Magazine Picks Brazil’s Top 100 Restaurants

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Exame Magazine has asked a jury of food critics and gourmands to come up with their choice of Brazil’s top 100 restaurants.

São Paulo’s A Casa do Porco came out in top spot with the Rio duo of Lasai and Oteque in 2nd and 3rd and Salvador’s Origem in fourth. Filling out the top five was Maní in São Paulo.

Full list of top 100 covering 12 Brazilian states below and for the original story CLICK HERE

1 A Casa do Porco São Paulo
2 Lasai Rio de Janeiro
3 Oteque Rio de Janeiro
4 Origem Salvador
5 Maní São Paulo
6 Manga Salvador
7 Metzi São Paulo
8 Charco São Paulo
9 Nelita São Paulo
10 Glouton Belo Horizonte
11 Notiê São Paulo
12 D.O.M. São Paulo
12 Fame Osteria São Paulo
14 Taberna Japonesa Quina do Futuro Recife
15 Shihoma Pasta Fresca São Paulo
16 Evvai São Paulo
16 Mocotó São Paulo
18 Cipriani Rio de Janeiro
19 Valle Rustico Garibaldi (RS)
20 Murakami São Paulo
21 Manu Curitiba
22 Cepa São Paulo
23 Ocyá Rio de Janeiro
23 Pacato Belo Horizonte
23 Tanit São Paulo
26 Osso São Paulo
27 Xapuri Belo Horizonte
28 Escama Rio de Janeiro
28 Fasano São Paulo
30 Corrutela São Paulo
31 Cais São Paulo
32 Lilia Rio de Janeiro
33 74 Búzios (RJ)
34 Rocka Búzios (RJ)
35 Jiquitaia São Paulo
35 Mesa do Lado Rio de Janeiro
35 Picchi São Paulo
38 Íz Goiânia
39 Cozinha Tupis Belo Horizonte
39 Igor Curitiba
41 Caxiri Manaus
41 Dona Mariquita Salvador
43 Aizomê São Paulo
43 Barú Marisquería São Paulo
43 Capincho Porto Alegre
46 Sult São Paulo
47 Votre Brasserie São Paulo
48 Preto São Paulo
49 Punk Cuisine Curitiba
50 Makoto San São Paulo
51 Komah São Paulo
52 Grado Rio de Janeiro
53 Kan Suke São Paulo
54 Florestal Belo Horizonte
55 Chez Claude São Paulo/Rio de Janeiro
56 Cora São Paulo
57 Birosca S2 Belo Horizonte
58 Oro Rio de Janeiro
59 Président São Paulo
60 Tragaluz Tiradentes (MG)
61 Jun Sakamoto São Paulo
61 Kuro São Paulo
63 Arturito São Paulo
63 K.sa Curitiba
63 Obst. Curitiba
66 Gero Rio Rio de Janeiro
67 De Segunda São Paulo
68 Banzeiro São Paulo/Manaus
69 Carvão Salvador
70 Sud, o Pássaro Verde Rio de Janeiro
71 Remanso do Peixe Belém
72 Guri Porto Alegre
72 Ostradamus Florianópolis
74 Zoi Fortaleza
75 Xavier Porto Alegre
76 Turi Belo Horizonte
77 Voar Recife
78 São Pedro Recife
79 Osteria Della Colombina Garibaldi (RS)
80 Ristorantino São Paulo
81 Cuia São Paulo
82 Casa do Saulo Santarém (PA)
83 Gajos D’Ouro Rio de Janeiro
83 Nino Cucina São Paulo
85 Borgo Mooca São Paulo
85 Camélia Òdòdó São Paulo
87 Haru Rio de Janeiro
88 Hashi Porto Alegre
89 Babbo Osteria Rio de Janeiro
90 Amado Salvador
90 Arvo Recife
92 Kinoshita São Paulo
93 Tasca da Esquina São Paulo
94 Tangará Jean-Georges São Paulo
95 Modern Mamma Osteria São Paulo
96 Casa de Tereza Salvador
97 Imma São Paulo
98 Donna São Paulo
99 Nōsu São Paulo
100 Preta Salvador

The Greatest Restaurants in Latin America 2013-2021

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As Latin America gets back to some form of normality, we have the list of what are considered to be the 100 best restaurants in Latin America “past and present”.

Due to the pandemic the organisers decided to come up with a retrospective list, which spans 12 countries and was created by aggregating the votes from all previous editions, all the way down to No.1, being crowned The Greatest Restaurant in Latin America 2013-2021. The top ten are:

  1. Central, Lima, Peru
  2. Maido, Lima, Peru
  3. D.O.M., São Paulo, Brazil
  4. Astrid y Gastón, Lima, Peru
  5. Pujol, Mexico City, Mexico
  6. Boragó, Santiago, Chile
  7. Maní, São Paulo, Brazil
  8. Quintonil, Mexico City, Mexico
  9. Tegui, Buenos Aires, Argentina
  10. Don Julio, Buenos Aires, Argentina

Brazil has 17 restaurants listed in the Top 100 and they are:

  • 3 D.O.M., São Paulo, Brazil
  • 7 Maní, São Paulo, Brazil
  • 11 A Casa do Porco, São Paulo, Brazil
  • 22 Lasai, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
  • 23 Mocotó, São Paulo, Brazil
  • 41 Oteque, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
  • 49 Manu, Curitiba, Brazil
  • 51 Oro, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
  • 54 Tuju, São Paulo, Brazil
  • 65 Evvai, São Paulo, Brazil
  • 66 Fasano, São Paulo, Brazil
  • 68 Glouton, Belo Horizonte, Brazil
  • 75 Tordesilhas, São Paulo, Brazil
  • 77 Soeta, Vitória, Brazil
  • 86 Arturito, São Paulo, Brazil
  • 88 Komah, São Paulo, Brazil
  • 90 Corrutela, São Paulo, Brazil

The short video counts them down:

 

Veja Picks Rio’s Top Restaurants for 2017

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Veja, one of Brazil’s top weekly news magazines, has chosen its top restaurants and bars in Rio de Janeiro for 2017 from over 600 featured in the 22nd edition of the publication’s Comer & Beber (Eat & Drink) guide. Felipe Bronze of Oro in Leblon was elected “Chef of the Year”, the chef considered this year’s “revelation” was Nello Cassese of the Copacabana Palace’s Cipriani, while sommelier of the year was Jorge Nunes of Eleven Rio, located on the Lagoa. Laguiole in Flamengo got a special mention for its wine list.

Others to be chosen by the publication’s panel of judges include as “best in class”:

  • Asian: Mee (Copacabana)
  • Brazilian: Capim Santo (Barra)
  • Cheap and Cheerful: L’Ulivo Cucina e Vini (Copacabana)
  • Contemporary: Lasai (Botafogo)
  • French: Le Bistrot du Cuisiner (Ipanema)
  • Gastronomy: Eleven Rio (Lagoa)
  • Italian: Fasano al Mare (Ipanema)
  • Japanese: Naga (Barra)
  • Meat: Giuseppe Grill (Centro / Leblon)
  • Pizza: Braz (Jardim Botanico)
  • Portuguese: Rancho Portugues (Ipanema)
  • Vegetarian: Org Bistro (Barra)

Rio Restaurant listings on “Rio: The Guide”

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Azul Marinho 1The Rio restaurant listings have now gone live on Rio: The Guide and can be found in the Eating Out section ,and are also listed by area and type.

There are an estimated 10,000 restaurants in Rio, so we have decided to give you a selection of the best and most interesting in the key areas of town.

We also list what the critics and general public consider to be the best in town.