Street Food in São Paulo

Bar do Mané ★ 4.5

Bar do Mane is the counter inside the Mercado Municipal in Sao Paulo credited with inventing the oversized mortadella sandwich in the 1970s.

OrderSanduiche de mortadela (mortadella sandwich)

Ponto Chic ★ 4.4

Ponto Chic is the Largo do Paissandu lanchonete in Sao Paulo credited with inventing the Bauru sandwich, named for the student who ordered it.

OrderSanduiche Bauru

Bar e Lanches Estadão ★ 4.4

Bar e Lanches Estadão is a 24-hour Centro lanchonete in Sao Paulo, its roast pork sanduiche de pernil once named the city's best sandwich by Veja.

OrderSanduiche de pernil (roast pork leg sandwich)

Casa do Pastel ★ 4.1

Casa do Pastel keeps its Rua Tuiuti pastel counter in Sao Paulo's Tatuape district open 24 hours, the brand's first unit, opened on that street in 1981.

OrderPastel (fried Brazilian pastry)

Rotisserie Bologna ★ 4.2

Rotisserie Bologna, founded near Anhangabau around 1925, moved to Rua Augusta in central Sao Paulo in 1951 and now opens around the clock except Sunday night.

OrderCoxinha de frango com catupiry

Rota do Acarajé ★ 4.1

Rota do Acarajé is a Santa Cecilia botequim in Sao Paulo built around Bahian acaraje, abara and moqueca, with sidewalk tables and cachacas from Minas Gerais.

OrderAcaraje (black-eyed pea and shrimp fritter)

Pastel da Maria ★ 4.3

Pastel da Maria runs its Wednesday stall at the Santana street fair in Sao Paulo, the beef pastel that won the city's own pastel contest twice.

OrderPastel de carne (beef pastel)

Bar e Lanches Estadão ★ 4.5

Bar e Lanches Estadão is a 24 hour lanchonete in central Sao Paulo, its pernil sandwich a cheap late-night fixture for journalists and night owls alike.

OrderThe sanduiche de pernil, roast pork leg sliced to order at the counter.

TipIt never closes, so it works as a stop on the way home from a night out; the bife a cavalo is the plate if you want more than a sandwich.

Ponto Chic ★ 4.5

Ponto Chic is the budget-friendly Paissandu lanchonete in Sao Paulo credited with inventing the Bauru sandwich, still served at the counter today.

OrderSanduiche Bauru

Bar e Lanches Estadão ★ 4.5

Bar e Lanches Estadao, opened in 1968, is a 24-hour lanchonete in central Sao Paulo, its roast pork pernil sandwich a cheap and filling late-night fixture.

OrderSanduiche de pernil (roast pork leg sandwich)

Casa do Pastel ★ 3.9

Casa do Pastel keeps its Rua Tuiuti pastel counter in Tatuape open around the clock, the brand's first unit since 1981, frying pastel, esfiha and pizza.

OrderPastel (fried Brazilian pastry)

Rotisserie Bologna ★ 4.1

Rotisserie Bologna sells its chicken and catupiry coxinha at the counter on Rua Augusta, its home since 1951, open around the clock except Sunday night.

OrderCoxinha de frango com catupiry