Meu bar favorito en Vila Madalena! It looks like a second…read morehand bookstore on the inside with authors like Bukowski and pictures of young Marlon Brando, drawing rad (but surprisingly not pretentious) people from all over Sao Paulo. Any given night of the week the whole bar/restaurant has people spilled out onto the street with buckets of ice cold original by their side. But don't let the crowd discourage you if you've come for a bite. They can always find seating for you inside after a few minutes. Friday nights are my favorite because they have a guy walking around with huge tray of fresh pastel. They taste amazing. Especially after that second caipirinha.

Mercearia is a cheap local dive bar with a great - and LARGE - crowd. The place is so popular with…read morethe locals that it's packed every night, and people just end up overflowing to the streets (and blocking traffic, but that's beside the point). It's a great place to chill out with some friends, or other local Brazilians in the area :)

Near the office in São Paulo, stopped in after work for some food and drinks with the team. Loved…read morethe place! I wish I could tell you everything I ate but I can't read Portuguese or can remember what everything was called. Service was amazing, our waiters were attentive and entertaining. The food was sooo good! The space was very relaxing and the architecture inside reminded me of a 1930's hotel. I would come back!!

This place is Marcelo's jam! Back in the day before my husband moved to California and married…read moresome girl, he used to come to this bar A LOT. So much that he actually had his own bottle of booze! From the first time he brought me to Astor, I was in love. It is a great bar with a lot of life and action, amazing drinks and food. What more could you ask for? I love drinking the "friendly caju", and I will eat bolinho de bacalhau and pastel all day long. It's just perfect bar food. It definitely gets BUSY here! Expect to wait, but once you get your seat, you can stay eating and drinking as long as your belly wants.

A quantidade de torneiras é inversamente proporcional ao tamanho do local…read more Mas, tem uma seleção invejável de cervejas, sobretudo nacionais, para tomar frescas, direto da chopeira (Tap house?). Inverteram meu pedido na primeira vez em que fui, mas OK. Detalhe: Os chopps poderiam sair um pouco mais gelados. Não precisa ser muito gelado, mas não estava tão calor quando fui, e os chopes sairam um pouco a temperatura ambiente. No mais, ótima opção pra tomar uma (ou varias) cervejas especiais.

One night we went in search of drinks, and literally stumbled across the São Paulo Tap House while…read morewalking along the central road. The interior décor is modern and very cool; the location is great. That said, the best reason to visit this place: the BEER! SPTH serves more than 40 different beers on tap, and most are so good it's very hard to pick a favorite handful :-) The service here is wonderful - there are several staffers who speak good English, and helped us figure out what was where. We were encouraged to try a broad range of beers, which gave us a decent sense of what to order. Each of us ended up choosing different beers, but we all went away satisified. Even though we didn't really eat that night, the food looked and smelled very good; next time we'll have to not only drink, but eat too :-)

Lovely place, nice ambience and good food and drinks…read more We went there just after the Brazil game got over and the staff was not happy because Brazil tied the game 1-1 with a weaker team. That did not affect the service though. The beer was fresh and the Caipirinha with a tangerine bar in it was excellent. The Coxinha, fries and the Shrimp plate were very good too.

Absolutely loved this bar. Fairly unassuming from the outside you are quickly enveloped,…read moreoverwhelmed, and (if you have any interest in alcohol at all) down right excited when you see the beer and cachaca lining the walls. I asked the proprietor, a young looking guy with a strong mustache, how many beers they had - 150! I made some good Swiss friends while watching the USA vs. Belgium game here yesterday who were commiserating their loss with (eventually) mine over some delicious IPA. The employee mentioned above introduced me to Shipyard IPA - a beast of a bottle with 9.25% alc and 650ml - one of the best IPAs I've ever had AND it's American. I did spend some money while here with each of those shipyards costing over $20. I forgot to mention the tilapia appetizer I had. Decent but probably worth going somewhere else for food.

If the sound of a rustic, petite and cool cachaça bar tickles your interest, Emporio Sagarana is…read morethe place to go. Located in the uber hip Vila Madalena, this corner bar is all wood and all awesome. It's super small, but that doesn't mean it's not good for groups. They have a few (maybe 3?) tables that can fit 4, a handful of stools at the bar and there's always the sidewalk hang, if you can get down with that. The cachaça menu is one of the best and the thing to do is order a few shots to try the different varieties. The beer menu is also great, so you can match a bottle with a few shots. Because that's the kind of person you are.

I came here for my goodbye party with some friends and despite the nice vibe, some items got in the…read moreway of making me fully enjoyed: food and service. Here is the breakdown: FOOD- no star Definitely a miss here from a drinks to food perspective. And we ordered a lot Hamburger- no taste Pastel- it was saggy Chicken wings- burnt and hard Drinks- were average and pricey And I don't even remember what else we ordered SERVICE- no star Very slow and not friendly We seat at the third floor and they made a whole big deal about it without explaining to us that it was a paid area that required prior reservation. Poor management and poorly handle. AMBIANCE/ DECOR- one star Very nice vibe and music. Enjoyed the environment and it definitely brings that Brazil feel to it WOW FACTOR- one star Definitely the open window and the view of the third floor. Each floor had a different vibe and it was very fun. OVERALL EXPERiENCE- half star Service and food was awful Drinks were ok But can't deny, it was a very nice experience and great vibes

Great location, structure, view and menu. However, came on a Thurs night in the winter and half of…read moretables were available but the waiter bounced us to a small table in the corner. Excelente localização, estrutura, vista e menu. No entanto, vim em uma noite de quinta no inverno e metade de mesas estavam disponíveis, mas o garçom nos mandou para uma pequena mesa no canto.

Very cool place. Decent price for Heineken draft given the neighborhood. The rooftop bar is a…read morelittle slow and unorganized but they are very new and will eventually fix this but the house is amazing. Decoration uses same elements as the original Park itself so it's beautiful. Definitely worth checking out!