SubAstor is a bar in Vila Madalena, São Paulo.
Editorially verified September 27, 2026 by Elliot Marsh, TableJourney editor. Source.
Food program: None, drinks-only bar
Guided tour · 4 hours
Walking food tour of Vila Madalena: welcome drink, starters, traditional dish, dessert, and a grand finale with Caipirinhas and Samba. All included!
Private tour · 2 - 4 hours
How did São Paulo become Brazil’s food capital? Walk its historic heart while tasting local life: Beers, 1 meal, 1 cake, 1 soft drink, 1 coffee or tea at handpicked ve...
Guided tour · 4 hours
Walk, snack and sip your way through Brazil’s boldest street eats on this guided food crawl across Sao Paulo
Address: Rua Delfina 163, Vila Madalena, Sao Paulo - SP, 05443-010, São Paulo
Picco pairs Neapolitan pizza with classic-leaning cocktails in a graffiti-lined Pinheiros backyard, Sao Paulo, with live jazz and Brazilian sets nightly.
DrinkLa Maga in Manhattan: bourbon, rye, peanut butter, sweet vermouth
FoodNeapolitan pizza and paninis
TipThe backyard fills first: arrive by 19:00 on a weekend if you want a table under the graffiti wall.
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.
DrinkCraft cocktails from Argentine bartender Chula
FoodShareable plates by chef Rodrigo Augusto
TipThe room sits directly below the theatre's stage, in vaults that once held its natural ventilation ducts and were restored in 1980.
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.
DrinkDraft Brahma chope
FoodFeijoada and Brazilian boteco plates
TipAn artistic cover charge applies once the band starts: it varies by performer, so ask at the door.
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.
DrinkDraft beer and the caju-amigo cocktail
FoodSandwiches, including bresaola with mango chutney
TipSeating runs along the shared zigzag counter, so expect to talk to strangers; there are a few small tables on the mezzanine.
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.
DrinkCaipirinha do Souza, made by the bar's veteran bartender
FoodCoxinha de frango com catupiry
TipExpect a wait for a table on the sidewalk: the coxinha is the reason regulars queue on weekends.
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.
DrinkMore than 400 beer labels, six on draft
FoodCoxinha with catupiry and grilled chicken with fried polenta
TipThe grilled chicken comes with fried polenta, farofa and salad: add a coxinha with catupiry from the petiscos list.
