Bairro: Copacabana
City: Rio_de_Janeiro, RJ
Zipcode: 22021-030
Phone: (021) 2255-3319
Hours: From 11am to 12pm.
Cost: Under $15.00 (or R$25.00)
Brazilians just adore Italian food! Italian meals are popular and in very high demand due to the large population of Italian descendants in the country. Many regions of the south speak only in Italian. Most of these Italians moved to Brazil in the 1800's and yet still maintain foods and culture from Italy even after all of these years! Sao Paulo has a large population of Italians in the Bexiga neighborhood, and in Southern Brazil there are huge populations in Caxias do Sul, Bento Goncalves, and Garibaldi areas. These regions often have the finest Italian food, but competition has maintained the quality of food significantly higher everywhere.
Restaurants in Brazil are generally setup to handle lunch time customers rather than the typical dinner time diners. This greatly changes how they serve dishes, and how they price their dishes. Many lunch time diners are looking for a very relaxed dining experience, with a nutritious and relatively quick meal. Hot buffets offer them this by having numerous hot dishes ready. Pricing is generally by weight or an all-you-can-eat model, the majority of places have both options available.
Sandwiches are thought of as a snack and not a proper meal! Therefore restaurants typically serve up hot and healthy dishes for lunch instead of the typical North American small style lunches.
Meals are typically served and consumed on premises, but many establishments also offer take away and food delivery services. Of course the dinning establishments vary greatly in appearance and offerings, including a wide variety of cuisines.
For Brazilians it is very prevalent to go back home for lunch to have their meal with their family members. This isn’t always possible, especially in the larger cities, so restaurants have taken up the slack and designed a business around catering to these working families. In many of the considerably smaller cities it can be difficult to find a standard sit down and order off the menu style establishment.
Nearby Restaurants include .
Restaurants:
| Alessandro & Frederico Café | Av. Garcia de Ávila, 134 |
| Alfredo di Roma | Av. Prefeito Mendes de Morais, 222 |
| Artigiano | Av. Epitácio Pessoa, 204 |
| Atrium | Praça Quinze de Novembro, 48 |
| Azzurra | Av. das Américas, 7777 |
| Bazzar Café - Visconde de Pirajá | Rua Visconde de Pirajá, 572 |
| Bistrô da Ponte | Rua Gen. Garzon, 22 |
| Blu Restaurante | Av das Américas, 3500 |
| Caffè e Gelateria Píer | Rua Teixeira de Melo, 53 |
| Cantina Mamma Angela | Av. Sernambetiba, 8000 |
| Cipriani | Av. Atlântica, 1702 |
| Creme Caramelo | Rua Visconde de Caravelas, 11 |
| Da Brambini | Av. Atlântica, 514 |
| D´Amici | Rua Antônio Vieira, 18 |
| Dom Matteo | Av. das Américas, 7700 |
| Domenico | Rua Dias Ferreira, 147 |
| Don Camillo | Av. Atlântica, 3056 |
| Don Pascual | Estrada do Sacarrão, 867 |
| Empório Santa Fé | Praia do Flamengo, 2 |
| Enotria Bistrô | Av. Ayrton Senna, 2150 |
| Enotria | Av. das Américas, 4666 |
| Ettore | Av. Armando LomBardi, 800 |
| Fasano Al Mare | Av. Vieira Souto, 80 |
| Filet & Folhas Up | Rua da Candelária, 81 |
| Fiorino | Av. Heitor Beltrão, 126 |
| Forneria | Rua Aníbal de Mendonça, 112 |
| Fratelli - Barra da Tijuca | Av. Sernambetiba, 2916 |
| Fratelli - Leblon | Av. General San Martin, 983 |
| Fratelli La bufala | Rua Gen. San Martin, 1196 |
| Gatto Rosso | Av. Ministro Ivan Lins, 270 |
| Gero | Rua Aníbal de Mendonça, 157 |
| Gibo Brambini | Rua Prudente de Moraes, 1387 |
| Giuseppe | Rua Sete de Setembro, 65 |
| La Botticella | Estrada Sorimã, 347 |
| La Fiducia | Rua Duvivier, 21 |
| La Nonna Galeteria | Av. das Américas, 3939 |
| La Pasta Gialla | Av. Olegário Maciel, 130 |
| La Pastaciutta | Rua Marquês de São Vicente, 52 |
| Lorenzo Bistrô | Rua Visconde de Carandaí, 2 |
| Luigi´s | R. Sen. Correia, 10 |
| Mangiamo | Av. Armando LomBardi, 940 |
| Milano DOC | Rua Gomes Carneiro, 132 |
| Mio | Rua Farme de Amoedo, 52 |
| Nanquim | Rua do Pinheiro, 10 |
| O Forno Rio - Botafogo | R. Assis Bueno, 27 |
| Osteria Dell´Angolo | Rua Paul Redfern, 40 |
| Osteria Policarpo | Largo dos Leões, 35 |
| Piccola Itália | Estrada da Barra da Tijuca, 1636 |
| Pomodorino | Av. Epitácio Pessoa, 1104 |
| Prima Bruschetteria | Rua Rainha Gilhermina, 95 |
| Primo Cappo | Av. Nossa Senhora de Copacabana, 75 |
| Quadrifoglio | Rua J.J. Seabra, 19 |
| Ráscal | Rua Afrânio de Melo Franco, 290 |
| Restaurante H | Estrada dos Bandeirantes, 20008 |
| Sorvete Itália | Av. Visconde de Pirajá, 395 |
| Spacca Napoli | Rua Sá Ferreira, 25 |
| Terzetto | Rua Jangadeiros, 28 |
| Turino Barra | Av. Armando LomBardi, 350 |
| Turino Tijuca | Rua Santa Sofia, 114 |
| Varanda´s Gourmet | R. das Laranjeiras, 430 |
| Victoria | Rua Mário Ribeiro, 410 |
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