BRAZILIANS

We separate the main restaurants of the category, according to the most important awards in the city, such as Rio Show, Tripadvisor, 50 best, Food Di Buteco, SEE Eat and Drink, Flavors of the Orla and Michelin Guide

FISHED IN BRAZIL - @fished nabrasa

Tastes, aromas and rhythms of Pará have a right address in the neighborhood of Riachuelo. Opened in 2019, the place is simple, with open room for the street which, on the second Sunday of the month, is closed to traffic and occupied by plastic tables and chairs, which are crowded with people to watch the lively carimbó wheel.

The bar and restaurant is commanded by the Maranhense couple Adriana Veloso and Junior, who met in Belém. She runs the kitchen, and he runs the brass.

Address: Rua Vitor Meireles 92, Riachuelo

Timetable: Have the sat, from 11:00 to 9:30. Dom, from 11:00 to 6:00.

Telephone: 21 2239-9540 / 21 99359-4753

ACADEMIA OF THE HUNCH - #Academia dacachaca #

Pin, cane, marvada, white. You can call it whatever you want, there. Opened in 1985, the house offers almost a hundred brandy labels, and the letter is in constant renewal. The devotion to cachaça is such that the Barra branch, opened in 1989, maintains a minimuseum with 1,800 bottles.

Addresses:

• Leblon - Rua Conde Bernadotte, 26
• Barra da Tijuca - Av. Armando Lombardi 65-L

Timetable:

• Leblon: Sex and sat, 12 to midnight. Dom, from 12:00 to 10:00.
• Barra da Tijuca: Seg, 12h to 7:30. I'll have a check from 12:00 to 11:00. Sex and sat, 12 to midnight. Dom, from 12:00 to 7:00.

Telephones:

• Leblon: 21 2529-2680/21 98450-1695
• Barra da Tijuca: 21 22492-1159/21 98450-1711

I'll be right back. @aconchegocarioj

It was in the restaurant inaugurated 20 years ago in Praça da Bandeira (already in its third address on the street) that chef Kátia Barbosa made the fame of an iconic creation: the bean cake, today elevated to the status of Rio cultural heritage. The business opened the way to the region's gastronomic pole, which has just won another house commanded by Kátia: Sofia, focused on the authoral Brazilian cuisine.

Address: Flag Square: 245 Baron of Iguatemi Street

Timetable: I'll have a check from 12:00 to 11:00. Sex and sat, 12 to midnight. Dom, 12 to 5.

Telephone: 21 2273-1035

APSRO GOURMET - @restaurantafrogourmet

African traditions gain Bahian spices at the hands of Chef Dandara Batista. The kitchen was born itinerant in 2016, and, two years later, gained fixed address in a small house in Grajaú, ornate with paintings, masks and other objects brought from trips across the African continent. As a result of long research by the chef, the menu highlights the identity of ten countries on the continent. On Fridays, there's live music.

Address: Grajaú: Rua Baron do Bom Retiro 2.316-A

Timetable: Qui and sex, from 5:00 to 10:00. Sat, from 12:00 to 10:00. Dom, from 12:00 to 4:00.

Telephone: 21 3269-6357

APPRECIABLE - @aprazible

The 1944 house that belonged to Chef Ana Castilho's family today has different environments flanked by a garden, overlooking Guanabara Bay and the house of Santa Teresa. Add the scenery to Brazilian recipes and it is easy to understand why the site is very sought after by tourists. The winery of 180 labels selected by winemaker Pedro Hermeto privileges natural wines.

Address: Santa Teresa: 62 Pleasant Street

Timetable: To have the sat, from 12:00 to 10:00. Dom, from 12:00 to 5:00.

Telephone: 21 96741-3850 / 21 2507-1277

ARATACA - @aracata1955

The little counter opened in 1955 in Copacabana by the miner Acir Rodrigues, a former pilot in love with Belém, was a pioneer in presenting the Amazon food to the Cariocas and today, in addition to a restaurant, houses an emporium. The grandchildren expanded the kitchen to the Jardim Botânico in 2020 in a more modern space. The two units have different footprints and therefore prices as well.

Addresses:

• Copacabana: Rua Domingos Ferreira 41
• Jardim Botânico: Rua Lopes Quintas 147

Timetable:

• Copacabana: Every day from 9:00 to 8:00.
• Jardim Botânico: Monday and gift, from 12:00 to 8:00. To have the sat, from 12:00 to 10:00.

Telephones:

• Copacabana: 21 2548-6624
• Jardim Botânico: 21 3280-0392

SAUL'S HOUSE - ♪ We're married ♪

The first subsidiary of Saulo Jennings restaurant outside Pará opened last year at Museu do Amanhã, facing Guanabara Bay.

Address: Center: Museu do Amanhã. Praça Mauá 1

Timetable: To have the gift from 12:00 to 6:00.

Telephone: 21 99876-3650

2 FEBRUARY - @two. de.February

The phrase printed on the blue awning of the leftover gives the clue: “where Rio is more Bahian”. Opened in August 2022, the restaurant of Raphael Vidal — which helped revitalize Largo da Prainha with Casa Porto and Bafo da Prainha — is an ode to Yemen. Drawings on the walls, swords of Saint George and ribbons of Bonfim give the tone.

Chef João Diamante is one of the best in the country, multi awarded nationally and internationally. Its last awards were for The World's 50 Best Restaurants - The Champions of Change Awar , Social Cause and sustainability by the magazines Prazeres da Mesa e Veja Rio and considered one of the 30 most talented and promising young people in Brazil by Forbes Magazine. “I celebrate my ancestry as a foundation in the kitchen of origin of the February Two. We will explore native and regional ingredients, which are found both in Rio and Bahia, as well as palm oil and coconut milk, with my look," says Diamante.

Address: Health: Rua Sacadura Cabral 79, Largo da Prainha

Timetable: To have the sex, from 12:00 to 5:00. Sat, 12 to 11. Dom, from 12:00 to 6:00.

KALANGO - @barkalango

Initially installed in the Praça da Bandeira, near Aconchego Carioca, he moved to Botafogo after the pandemic. In the new phase, the menu signed by Kátia Barbosa and daughter Bianca Barbosa, who heads the house decorated with colorful balangandães and cordel engravings, goes beyond the northeastern cuisine and is also dedicated to other regions of the country.

Address: Botafogo: Rua Arnaldo Quintela 44

Timetable: Monday the Saturday, from 12:00 to 11:00. Dom, 9:00 to 11:00.

Telephone: 21 3178-0811

GABRIELA SABORS - @sabores de gabriela

After commanding the extinct Siri Mole in Copacabana for 25 years, Bahian Isis Rangel opened Gabriela's Sabors with Erika Rangel's daughter. A great wall of Yemen welcomes you.

Address: Jardim Botânico: Rua Maria Angélica 197

Timetable: Monday and Tuesday, 12:00 to 5:00. We're sats from 12:00 to 11:00. Dom, 12 to 10.

Telephone: 21 3796-0905/21 99907-0660

SUD, THE GREEN PASSION - @sudopassaro verde

It is in a little white house at Jardim Botânico, without name on the facade, that the star chef Roberta Sudbrack gives new face to traditional recipes, betting on craft techniques and inputs from small producers.

Address: Jardim Botânico: Rua Visconde de Carandaí 35

Timetable: We'll have it from 6:00 to 10:00. Qui and sex, from 12:00 to 3:00 and from 6:00 to 10:00. Sat, 12 to 4 and 6 to 10. Dom, from 12:00 to 5:00 and from 6:00 to 10:00.

Telephone: 21 3114-0464

YAYÁ FEED - @yayacomidaria

It was from the acarajé das baianas board that started the idea for chef Andressa Cabral to open the house dedicated to African heritage in Brazilian gastronomy at Leme.

Address: Leme: Rua Gustavo Sampaio 361-A.

Timetable: Monday the Saturday, from 12:00 to 11:00. Dom, from 12:00 to 8:00.

Telephone: 21 3496-7754