6 editor picks in Jardins, São Paulo.
6 italian spots in Jardins, editor-picked by TableJourney. All of Jardins's food · All italian in São Paulo.
Picchi opened in 2007 and moved to the Regent Park on Oscar Freire in 2014. Chef Pier Paolo Picchi has held a Michelin star here since 2017 in Sao Paulo.
OrderTasting menu of family recipes reworked with Brazilian produce
TipThree tasting menus run alongside the a la carte list: a 12-course, a 6-course classic, and a 4-course pasta-only option.
Fame Osteria hides behind an iron door between a gym and an ice cream shop. Chef Marco Renzetti cooks a single nightly tasting menu in Sao Paulo.
OrderAgnolotti Mantovani and Arroz de polvo com tutano
TipOnly four counter seats face the open kitchen, and the tasting menu starts at the same time for every guest, so arrive on time.
Zena Cucina has cooked Ligurian recipes in Jardins since 2009, chef Carlos Bertolazzi's gnocchi-focused menu earning a repeat Bib Gourmand in Sao Paulo.
OrderGnocchi al pesto genovese, the house specialty
TipThe name is the Ligurian dialect word for Genoa, and the whole menu leans on that region's olive oil and pesto cooking.
Giulietta Carni grills thick Italian cuts over wood and coals next to sister room Nino Cucina, an industrial-look meat house in Sao Paulo's Jardim Europa.
TipThe open kitchen behind an iron door sits next to Nino Cucina, the same group's original pasta-focused restaurant.
Grotta Cucina is a cave-themed two-floor Italian dining room in Sao Paulo's Jardins, its walls built to echo the Grotte di Castellana near Bari.
OrderThe Sinfonia D'Anatra pappardelle filled with duck, and the Parigi gnocchi with parmigiano and truffle butter.
TipThe candlelit rooms across two floors are built to look like a limestone cave; book ahead if you want a table on the lower floor.
Piselli is a Piedmont-leaning Italian restaurant in Sao Paulo's Jardins, one of three local branches run under owner Juscelino Pereira's brand.
OrderThe burrata calda al tartufo baked in focaccia, and the tortelloni with mozzarella di bufala.
TipEvery plate is finished with three peas, a nod to the restaurant's name; the ossobuco alla milanese is the heavier order.
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