From the owner: O Studio Dama é, ao mesmo tempo e tudo junto, ateliê de customização de motos, lounge comunitário,…read moregaleria de arte, café/restaurante, salão de beleza, espaço multifuncional e um terraço espaçoso e dinâmico planejado para festas e encontros. Tudo pensado para estar em constante atividade e ter a personalidade que nossos parceiros e visitantes desejam. Venha tomar um café com a gente e conhecer o Studio Dama.

A neighborhood cultural center that, at least during weekends, gets transformed in to a market…read morewhere you can buy everything from clothes and jewelry to snacks, artisanal foods and sweets. Thus, a great place to support local artists and eat some nice food. When we visited there were also 4-5 food trucks parked outside. We shared a delicious pasta with a glass of wine that we consumed in the beach chairs outside. Great to combine with a visit to the Beco do Batman 'graffiti lane'.

I attended a wedding here. The venue is absolutely amazing. The decor, food, drinks, and atmosphere…read moreare all very classy and elegant. This would be some place you take a date to or celebrate an anniversary.

Outstanding mixed use megacomplex that is part of the Rosewood Hotel in São Paulo that includes…read morenumerous restaurants and cafes, the Casa Bradesco bookstore and separate exhibition area and much more. The grounds are open to the public free of charge. Bachour bakery and restaurant Mata Citta (if you can get in) are highly recommended.

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 :)

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.