Mercado Municipal de São Paulo ★ 4.7
Mercado Municipal de São Paulo, the Mercadão, has traded since 1933 in Centro under a stained-glass roof, with roughly 290 food and produce boxes today.
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Feira de São Cristóvão ★ 4.5
Feira de São Cristóvão packs nearly 700 stalls of Northeastern food, crafts and forró into the Centro Luiz Gonzaga de Tradições Nordestinas in Rio de Janeiro.
Mercado Municipal de Pinheiros ★ 4.5
Mercado Municipal de Pinheiros in Sao Paulo packs 40 boxes into one hall, from an emporio and butcher to a Neapolitan pizza counter and a wooden deck.
CADEG, Mercado Municipal do Rio de Janeiro ★ 4.4
CADEG, the Mercado Municipal do Rio de Janeiro in Benfica, sells salt cod, wine, flowers and groceries, and 25 restaurants joined its 2025 cod festival.
Feira da Liberdade ★ 4.4
Feira da Liberdade has filled Praça da Liberdade since 1975, its weekend stalls trading takoyaki and dorayaki alongside Japanese crafts and bonsai.
Feira de Antiguidades da Praça Benedito Calixto ★ 4.4
The Praça Benedito Calixto antiques fair fills the square every Saturday with over 300 stalls of antiques and crafts, plus live chorinho at 14:30.
Novo Mercado São José ★ 4.3
Novo Mercado São José reopened in September 2025 on Rua das Laranjeiras in Rio de Janeiro with 16 businesses, from an organic greengrocer to Arabic cooking.
Feira de Produtos Orgânicos do Parque da Água Branca ★ 4.3
Run by the Organic Agriculture Association since 1989, this Parque da Água Branca fair gathers 300 farming families selling organic produce three days weekly.
Feira da Glória ★ 4.2
Feira da Glória fills Avenida Augusto Severo beside Glória metro every Sunday in Rio de Janeiro with more than 150 stalls of produce, street food and crafts.
Mercado Kinjo Yamato ★ 4.2
Mercado Kinjo Yamato, next to the Mercadão since 1936, holds boxes run by Japanese, Arab and Chinese immigrant families selling produce and spices.
Mercado Municipal da Lapa ★ 4.2
Mercado Municipal da Lapa in Sao Paulo has traded since 1954 on Rua Herbart, its 94 stalls moving fish, meat and flowers for the city's west zone.
Feira da General Glicério ★ 4.1
Feira da General Glicério fills Rua General Glicério in Laranjeiras, Rio de Janeiro, each Saturday with tapiocas, bolinhos de bacalhau, oysters and choro.
Mercadão de Madureira ★ 4.1
Mercadão de Madureira is a popular market of more than 580 shops on Avenida Ministro Edgard Romero in Madureira, Rio de Janeiro, open Monday to Saturday.
Feira do Varejão da Ceagesp ★ 4.1
Ceagesp's Varejão opens its wholesale produce hall to the public Wednesdays, Saturdays and Sundays, moving over 250 tonnes of fruit, fish and flowers monthly.
Feira Orgânica da Glória ★ 4.0
Feira Orgânica da Glória sells organic farm produce every Saturday morning at Rua do Russel in Rio de Janeiro, the ABIO growers' fair that began in 1994.
Mercado Central RJ ★ 4.0
Mercado Central RJ fills the old Granado factory houses on Rua do Senado in Rio de Janeiro with three kitchens, Bocado, Suba and Peti, and an art centre.
Feira Orgânica do Leblon ★ 3.9
Feira Orgânica do Leblon sets up on Praça Antero de Quental every Thursday morning in Rio de Janeiro, one of the ABIO growers' fairs in the organic circuit.
Feira Orgânica de Ipanema ★ 3.9
Feira Orgânica de Ipanema meets on Praça Nossa Senhora da Paz every Tuesday morning in Rio de Janeiro, part of the ABIO organic fair circuit.
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