Guidebook for Porto Alegre
Essentials
Best supermarket: medium-sized, nice service, excelent options, imported food and beverage.
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Zaffari Fernandes Vieira
401 Rua Fernandes VieiraBest supermarket: medium-sized, nice service, excelent options, imported food and beverage.
R. Jacinto Gomes, 34
Small grocery with the basic stuff.
Food Scene
The slogan is "natural, but not radical". Here you can find a great buffet with all you can eat of salad, main course, dessert and juice for R$ 16, just lunch (11am - 3pm). Really good food!
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Equilibrium Restaurante
1265 Av. Osvaldo AranhaThe slogan is "natural, but not radical". Here you can find a great buffet with all you can eat of salad, main course, dessert and juice for R$ 16, just lunch (11am - 3pm). Really good food!
Subway
469 R. José de AlencarClassic. You know it.
Good lunch option - traditional buffet with all you can eat salad, main courses and dessert for around R$ 15. Good food.
Giardino Grill
1346 Av. Osvaldo AranhaGood lunch option - traditional buffet with all you can eat salad, main courses and dessert for around R$ 15. Good food.
Amazing buffet all-you-can-eat. The speciality is seafood. During the week, lunch is around R$ 17.
Rei dos Camarões
210 Av. Jerônimo de OrnelasAmazing buffet all-you-can-eat. The speciality is seafood. During the week, lunch is around R$ 17.
Nice vegetarian restaurant for lunch. All you can eat for around R$ 15 during the week and R$ 25 on weekends.
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Prato Verde
42 Rua Santa TerezinhaNice vegetarian restaurant for lunch. All you can eat for around R$ 15 during the week and R$ 25 on weekends.
R. Fernandes Vieira, 502
Good sushi, nice place. Around R$ 60 for each.
It is a vegeterian restaurant during the day (around R$ 15, well-served), and a disco during the night. Interesting place!
R. Gen. João Telles, 590
It is a vegeterian restaurant during the day (around R$ 15, well-served), and a disco during the night. Interesting place!
One of the best confectionery of the city. Great place to have a coffe and a piece of pie.
Av. José Bonifácio, 655
One of the best confectionery of the city. Great place to have a coffe and a piece of pie.
Great experience of popular brazilian fast-food: cheap place with the best cheeseburgers (called X) dish-sized and fruit juice, and variety of people, from 6am to 24. Worth a try.
Sky´s Burger
Great experience of popular brazilian fast-food: cheap place with the best cheeseburgers (called X) dish-sized and fruit juice, and variety of people, from 6am to 24. Worth a try.
Av. Jerônimo de Ornelas, 431
If you are into really special coffee, that's the place!
Just a traditional bar & restaurant, so don't expect hipster qualities on here. However, it is a major hand on the wheel when you just want to drink a beer and eat good food with reasonable price.
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Ristorante Fontana
1085 Av. Venâncio AiresJust a traditional bar & restaurant, so don't expect hipster qualities on here. However, it is a major hand on the wheel when you just want to drink a beer and eat good food with reasonable price.
Pink Velvet Bakery
757 Av. Venâncio AiresNice new spot for coffee places lover. Cool atmosphere.
Drinks & Nightlife
Beco203
936 Av. IndependênciaNice and traditional rock disco, probably the best in Porto Alegre.
Shamrock Irish Pub
32 R. Vieira de CastroNice pub if you like the irish style.
Classic bar of the kind sit, drink beer and eat nice fried food. Public 30-40-50s.
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Beto Bar
876 Av. Venâncio AiresClassic bar of the kind sit, drink beer and eat nice fried food. Public 30-40-50s.
Nice, small bar with the latinoamerican theme. Cool latino shows on wednesday or thursday (usually a $2 cover then).
R. Vieira de Castro, 133
Nice, small bar with the latinoamerican theme. Cool latino shows on wednesday or thursday (usually a $2 cover then).
Cool bar, public 20-30s, of the kind "sit and drink a beer".
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Odessa de Isaac Babel
528 Rua General João TellesCool bar, public 20-30s, of the kind "sit and drink a beer".
Classic disco of Porto Alegre, since the 80s. Gay parties on fridays. Varied parties on saturdays. 20-30-40-50s.
R. Gen. João Telles, 570
Classic disco of Porto Alegre, since the 80s. Gay parties on fridays. Varied parties on saturdays. 20-30-40-50s.
A Virgem
251 R. Olavo BilacPretty cool bar. Nice to sit & have a beer.
Cucko
1037 Rua Galeria Lima e SilvaCool alternative nightclub, very popular. Mostly 20s.
Dirty Old Man
956 Rua Galeria Lima e SilvaNice little bar with the Bukowski theme.
Sightseeing
Traditional street market right next to the park with handmade products, old furniture and objects, and indian collars. Best day on Sundays. There is a smaller version on Saturday.
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Brique da Redenção
s/n Av. José BonifácioTraditional street market right next to the park with handmade products, old furniture and objects, and indian collars. Best day on Sundays. There is a smaller version on Saturday.
Biggest park on central city. Lots of people on the weekend.
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Parque Farroupilha
s / nº Av. João PessoaBiggest park on central city. Lots of people on the weekend.
Parque Moinhos de Vento
s/n R. Comendador CaminhaVery beautiful park.
That was considered the most beautiful street on the world! Nice tree-path.
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Rua Gonçalo de Carvalho
Rua Gonçalo de CarvalhoThat was considered the most beautiful street on the world! Nice tree-path.
This street is composed by simple houses of the beggining of the century, all of them now transformed into night clubs & bars, most of them playing brazilian music.
Joao Alfredo station
This street is composed by simple houses of the beggining of the century, all of them now transformed into night clubs & bars, most of them playing brazilian music.
Rua da República
Rua da RepúblicaMany bars and a beautiful street to be at night.