Bairro: Ipanema
City: Rio_de_Janeiro, RJ
Zipcode: 22420-010
Phone: (021) 2247-6797
Hours: No Information Available
Cost: Between $25.00 and $35.00 (or R$40.00 to R$60.00)
Brazilians adore Italian food! Italian meals are popular and in great demand due to the large population of Italian descendants in the country. Many areas of southern Brazil speak only in Italian. Most of these Italians immigrated to Brazil in the 1800's and yet still maintain customs and culture from Italy even after all of these years! Sao Paulo has a significant 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 areas normally have the best 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 customers. This significantly changes how they prepare meals, and how they price meals. Many lunch time diners are looking for a fairly relaxed eating experience, with a healthy and reasonably quick meal. Hot buffets offer them this by having multiple hot dishes ready. Pricing is generally by weight or an all-you-can-eat model, many places have both options available.
Sandwiches are considered a snack and not a proper meal! Therefore restaurants normally serve up hot and nutritious dishes for lunch as opposed to the typical North American light style lunches.
Meals are typically served and eaten on premises, but many dining establishments also offer take-out and food delivery services. Of course the establishments differ greatly in appearance and offerings, including a wide variety of dishes.
For Brazilians it is very prevalent to return home for lunch to have their meal with their families. This isn’t always practical, particularly in the larger cities, so restaurants have used this opportunity and designed a business around catering to these working families. In many of the smaller cities it can be challenging to find a everyday 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 |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| 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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