Dining Out in Porto Alegre

Porto Alegre, the capital of the most Southern state of Brazil, Rio Grande do Sul has a great influence of the German and Italian and Portuguese settlers. The typical food in our state is the "churrasco"/barbecue (meat roasted in spits) and the "feijoada", spiced black beans with a variety of beef and pork meat eaten with white rice, manioc flour, sliced oranges, chopped hard boiled eggs and vegetables. (The drinks are either "caipirinha" made with squeezed lemon, ice, sugar and cachaca/sugar cane alcoolic beverage or beer). However, the city offers a wide variety of restaurants for all tastes and budgets.

In one of the nicests neighborhoods in town called Moinhos de Vento, there are some streets like Fernando Gomes and Padre Chagas that present a large concentration of restaurants, cafes and pubs. As we don't have the habit of going out for breakfast there are only a few cafes that just started opening in the morning besides the hotels that generally offer an excellent breakfast.

Just for precaution we are going to supply you a sample of some good restaurants presented according to their ethnic groups or specialties:

German:

Baumbach - 1324, Para Ave. Phone: 3346432
Steinhaus: 415, Cel. Paulino Teixeira Phone: 33308661

Indian:

Sharin - 332, Felipe Neri St. Phone: 33338596

Chinese:

Yuoyi - 242, Candido Silveira St.

Barbecue:

Na Brasa - 389, Ramiro Barcelos St. Phone: 32252205

Contemporary Cuisine:

Orquestra de Panelas 293, Padre Chagas

French:

Chez Plilippe - 1005, Independencia Ave. Phone: 33125333
Brasserie Pacific - 1195,Couto de Magalhaes St. Phone: 33430244

Portugese:

Calamares - 58, Mercedes Ave. Phone: 33844561

Grilled Meats:

Chaparro la Piedra - 329, Cel. Marcos Ave. Phone: 32496886

International:

Sandwich Voador - 23, Mauricio Cardoso Sq. Phone: 33954717

Italian:

Fusili - 80, Verissimo de Matos Phone: 33431841

Japanese:

Saiko - 668, Ijui St. Phone: 33355533

Thai:

Ko Pee Pee - 83, Schiller St. Phone: 33335150

Kosher/Deli:

Sabra - 366, Fernandes Vieira St. Phone: 33113666

Pizza:

Bazkaria - 324, Com Caminha St. Phone: 33461088

It is wise to call and make reservations first because many restaurants are closed on Sundays and Mondays and don't open for diner before 7:30 pm.

Tipping (10%) is usually already included in the bill.

For further information contact VisitorsAssistants and we will be pleased to provide answers to your questions.