AROUND TOWN - Top 10 Rio de Janeiro - page 67

Price Categories
For a three-course
meal for one with half
a bottle of wine (or
equivalent meal), taxes,
and extra charges.

$ under US$15
$$ US$15-US$25
$$$ US$25-US$35
$$$$ US$35-US$50
$$$$$ over US$50

Porcão Rio's mouth-watering cuisine

Places to Eat

! Alcaparra ^ Casa da Suiça At this Portuguese-Italian

restaurant, the risottos are
popular, the deserts plentiful,
and the wine list decent. d Map
H3 • Praia do Flamengo 150, Flamengo
• [phone] • $$$
@ Colonial

This Swiss restaurant has
been serving cheese and meat
fondues to Cariocas for 50 years.
d Map W5 • Rua Candido Mendes 157,
Glória • [phone] • $$$$

& Carême Bistrô One of Rio's best Franco-

Brazilian bistros, Carême Bistrô
has won numerous awards. The
original menu has been adapted
by one of Brazil's star chefs. d
Map Q1 • Rua Visconde de Caravelas
113, Botafogo • [phone] • Open
Tue-Sun dinner • $$$$$
* Yorubá

This restaurant has an inter-
national menu that is strong on
seafood and Italian dishes. The
wine list and service are great.
d Map K6 • Hotel Glória, Rua do Russel
632, Glória • [phone] • $$$$
£ Café Lamas This street-corner snack bar

has been serving steak and chips,
bacalhau (salted cod), crème
caramels, and juices since 1874.
d Map H3 • Rua Marques de Abrantes
18, Flamengo • [phone] • $$

One of the best Bahian
restaurants outside Salvador,
Yorubá serves delightful seafood.
d Map Q1 • Rua Arnaldo Quintela 94,
Botafogo • [phone] • $$$$

$ Barracuda ( Raajmahal This nautically themed

seafood restaurant has grilled
and fried fish as the house
specialties. d Map K6 • Av Infante
Dom Henrique, Marina da Glória, Glória •
[phone] • $$$

Indian restaurants are hard
to come by in Brazil, so savor the
curry-house dishes on offer here.
d Map R1 • Rua General Polidoro 29,
Botafogo • [phone] • $$$

) Miam Miam

% Porcão Rio's

Light, flavorsome Mediterra-
nean food and some
of the finest caipirin-
has in the city are
served in this atmos-
pheric brick-lined
restaurant and mini-
lounge bar. d Map R1
• Rua General Goes Mon-
teiro 34, Botafogo • (021)
2244 0125 • $$$$

This is one of
the best churrascaria
(steak houses) in
Rio, so come with an
empty stomach and
without vegetarian
friends. d Map H3 • Av
Infante Dom Henrique s/n,
Flamengo s/n, Flamengo •
[phone] • $$$$

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Bahian cooking is widely considered to be the best in Brazil. It is
spicy and based on seafood rather than red meat.