9 editor picks in São Paulo.
9 bars in São Paulo, editor-picked for bars open late. Bars serving past 23:00. All bars in São Paulo.
Tan Tan is Thiago Banares' small Pinheiros cocktail bar in Sao Paulo, ranked No. 24 on The World's 50 Best Bars 2025, the only Brazilian bar in that top 50.
TipBook ahead for weekends; the room is small and splits between the bar counter and the open kitchen.
Exímia Bar reopened in Itaim Bibi, Sao Paulo, in 2026 with cocktails built on Brazilian ingredients like pau-brasil, amburana and jabuticaba.
TipSome cocktails need 48 to 60 hours of prep and the menu is updated often with the seasons, so ask staff which drinks are new.
Bar dos Arcos occupies a century-old brick vault under the Theatro Municipal in central Sao Paulo, pouring craft cocktails past 01:00 most nights.
TipThe room sits directly below the theatre's stage, in vaults that once held its natural ventilation ducts and were restored in 1980.
SubAstor hides behind velvet curtains below Bar Astor in Vila Madalena, Sao Paulo, pouring a cocktail menu built around the six biomes of Brazil.
TipCome on a weeknight if you want a seat without a wait: Friday and Saturday fill the small room fast.
Bar da Dona Onça has poured drinks at the foot of Oscar Niemeyer's Copan building in central Sao Paulo since 2008, run by chef Janaina Torres.
TipGo for the stew of the day rather than the printed menu: the cozidos rotate by region and season.
Veloso Bar has run its fourteen-table Vila Mariana boteco since 2005, known across Sao Paulo for a coxinha stuffed with catupiry and a caipirinha menu.
TipExpect a wait for a table on the sidewalk: the coxinha is the reason regulars queue on weekends.
Bar Balcão has poured drinks along its 25 metre zigzag counter in Cerqueira Cesar, Sao Paulo, since 1994, with jazz on the stereo and sandwiches at the bar.
TipSeating runs along the shared zigzag counter, so expect to talk to strangers; there are a few small tables on the mezzanine.
Bar Brahma has run since 1948 on the corner of Ipiranga and Sao Joao in downtown Sao Paulo, pouring draft chope under nightly live samba and MPB.
TipAn artistic cover charge applies once the band starts: it varies by performer, so ask at the door.
Frango Bar has run since 1987 in a 19th century house in Freguesia do O, Sao Paulo, pairing 400-plus beer labels with grilled chicken and coxinha.
TipThe grilled chicken comes with fried polenta, farofa and salad: add a coxinha with catupiry from the petiscos list.
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