South of Paulista toward Ibirapuera Park: Michelin-listed kitchens, a Japanese counter of note, coffee stations and a jazz club in Moema.
Jiquitaia in Paraíso is run by Marcelo Correa Bastos and Nina Bastos, a regional Brazilian kitchen with a Michelin Bib Gourmand seal in Sao Paulo.
TipBook by WhatsApp; the room is small and fills for both lunch and dinner seatings on weekends.
Kan Suke is an eight-seat sushi counter in Paraíso where chef Keisuke Egashira works alone, slicing imported garoupa, tuna and hamachi in Sao Paulo.
OrderCounter sushi and sashimi omakase
BookBook ahead; famously hard to secure a seat ahead
TipThe counter, in Loja 12, seats only eight, with a few more seats upstairs, so the single-chef service is intimate and slow.
AE! Cozinha is a Rua Aurea dining room in Sao Paulo's Vila Mariana with a seasonal menu, a creamy pastel starter and desserts led by chef Walkyria.
OrderThe creamy fried pastel starter and the pappardelle with braised beef ragu.
TipThe room is spacious and full of natural light; the seasonal menu changes with the produce, so ask what is new before ordering.
Aiô sits on Rua Aurea in Sao Paulo on the same street as sister restaurant Mapu, a glass-fronted room with an entrance bar built around Taiwanese cooking.
OrderThe crudo de peixe: aged raw fish with ponzu, chilli oil and crunchy black-rice popcorn.
TipThe menu skips the starter-and-main split, so it works best shared across the table rather than ordered as a solo plate.
1908 Coffee Station in Paraiso, Sao Paulo, names its artisanal roastery for the Kasato Maru's 1908 arrival, blending Japanese ritual with Brazilian coffee.
DrinkJapanese siphon coffee
London Coffee Station in Vila Mariana, Sao Paulo, is a British-themed cafe with a red phone box, pouring coffee alongside pancakes and afternoon tea.
DrinkAfternoon tea and filter coffee
Café das Coisinhas in Vila Clementino, Sao Paulo, mixes modern and cosy decor for a menu that runs from specialty coffee to sandwiches and sweets.
DrinkSpecialty espresso
1908 Coffee Station roasts its own beans in Paraiso, Sao Paulo, pairing an artisanal roastery with Japanese brewing rituals named for the 1908 Kasato Maru.
BeansBrazil
BrewsEspresso, Siphon, Filter
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.
Chef Giuseppe Gerundino's Accademia Gastronomica in Moema gives each student an individual station for this contemporary Brazilian cooking class, one of its single topic courses.
Bourbon Street Music Club has staged jazz and blues in Moema, Sao Paulo, since the 1990s, its New Orleans-styled room ranked among Downbeat's best.
TipThe Tuesday night Jazz Sessions and the free weekend afternoon sets are the cheapest way into the room.
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