Bairro: Leblon
City: Rio_de_Janeiro, RJ
Zipcode: 22430-060
Phone: (021) 3138-8503
Hours: No Information Available
Cost: Between $15.00 and $25.00 (or R$25.00 to R$40.00)
Brazilians love Italian food! Italian food is popular and in high demand due to the huge population of Italian descendants in the country. Many areas of southern Brazil speak only in Italian. Most of these Italians traveled to Brazil in the 1800's and yet still maintain customs and culture from Italy even after all of these generations! Sao Paulo has a large population of Italians in the Bexiga neighborhood, and in Southern Brazil there are significant populations in Caxias do Sul, Bento Goncalves, and Garibaldi areas. These areas usually have the very best Italian food, but competition has kept the quality of food high everywhere.
Restaurants in Brazil are typically designed to handle lunch time guests rather than the typical dinner time diners. This significantly changes how they prepare foods, and how they price their dishes. Many lunch time diners are looking for a very relaxed dining experience, with a nutritious and reasonably quick meal. Hot buffets offer them this by having many hot dishes ready. Pricing is often by weight or an all-you-can-eat model, most places have both options available.
Sandwiches are thought of as a snack and not a proper meal! Therefore restaurants typically serve up hot and hearty dishes for lunch rather than the typical North American light style lunches.
Meals are normally served and enjoyed on premises, but many establishments also offer take-out and food delivery services. Of course the restaurants vary greatly in appearance and offerings, including a wide variety of foods.
For Brazilians it is very prevalent to return home during lunch to have their meal with their loved ones. This isn’t always doable, specifically in the larger metropolitan areas, so restaurants have seized up this opportunity and designed a business around catering to these individuals. In many of the considerably smaller cities it can be difficult to find a traditional sit down and order off the menu style eatery.
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 |
| La Trattoria | Rua Fernando Mendes, 7 |
| 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 |
| 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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