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.
Editorially verified September 27, 2026 by Elliot Marsh, TableJourney editor. Source.
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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 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.
Feira da Liberdade has filled Praça da Liberdade since 1975, its weekend stalls trading takoyaki and dorayaki alongside Japanese crafts and bonsai.
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.
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 in Sao Paulo has traded since 1954 on Rua Herbart, its 94 stalls moving fish, meat and flowers for the city's west zone.
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.