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Sanduíche de pernil is a signature dish of Brazil; we have verified places to eat it in Rio de Janeiro and São Paulo. The pernil sandwich piles slow-roast pork leg into a pão francês or pão de leite, often with cheese or pineapple; Opus in Centro and Casa Clipper in Leblon are both known for it.
The pernil sandwich piles slow-roast pork leg into a pão francês or pão de leite, often with cheese or pineapple; Opus in Centro and Casa Clipper in Leblon are both known for it.
Cervantes in Copacabana, open since 1955, says its pernil sandwich was invented by its founding partners Cândido Villar Lema and Cândido Carballo Perez, with pineapple and cheese in pão de leite; the pork is marinated for three to five days and roasted for about six hours. Opus has sold its pernil with cheese on pão francês in Centro since 1968, and Riotur says it is considered the best pernil sandwich in the city.
Where to eat in Rio de Janeiro:
Where to eat Sanduíche de pernil in Rio de Janeiro: the editor picks
Bar e Lanches Estadao slices roast pork leg to order for its pernil sandwich, a 24-hour Centro fixture once named Sao Paulo's best sandwich by Veja magazine.
Bar e Lanches Estadao opened under the Viaduto Nove de Julho in downtown Sao Paulo in 1968 and pioneered 24-hour service in the city. It is named after the O Estado de S. Paulo newspaper, which worked from a neighbouring building in the 1960s. Its pernil, a whole pork leg roasted and sliced to order at the counter, built a reputation among journalists and late-shift workers who needed a cheap, filling meal at any hour. Veja magazine named the sanduiche de pernil the city's best sandwich, a title the counter still leans on. The sandwich is stacked simply: sliced roast pork on bread, with the house getting through about 130 pork legs a week.
Where to eat in São Paulo:
Where to eat Sanduiche de pernil in São Paulo: the editor picks
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