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BOTAFOGO AND URCA
Bar Urca
Rua Cândido Gaffrée 205, Urca
T
21 2295
8744,
W
barurca.com.br; map pp.76-77.
Equally good
for a cold beer and
petiscos
or a seafood meal, this
traditional neighbourhood gathering point, with a street
bar and a restaurant upstairs, serves daily specials such as
an excellent
feijoada
on Fridays (R$55) and
Cozido à
Portuguesa
(a northern Portuguese stew; R$55) on
Thursdays, or dishes such as fish surprise (fish fillet on
prawn and nut rice; R$74) every day of the week except
Sunday.
Restaurant: Mon-Sat 11.30am-11pm; bar:
Mon-Fri 6am-11pm.
Cobal
Rua Voluntários da Pátria 446,
Humaitá;
M
Botafogo; map pp.76-77.
Humaitá's impressive indoor
market, where you can take your pick of the moderately
priced but excellent
lanchonetes
serving Brazilian
Northeastern, Italian and Japanese food; this is a very
popular lunch and evening meeting point for local
residents.
Daily 10am-2am.
Garota da Urca
Av João Luiz Alves, Urca
T
21 2541
5040; map pp.76-77.
Garota da Urca
boasts one of the
best views of any Rio restaurant, looking back towards
Botafogo and the Corcovado, and the food - Brazilian with
Italian twists - is decent enough, or you can stop by for just
a drink. Try the
peixe a garota
- fish pieces with broccoli
and rice (R$66). Now has other branches around town too.
Daily noon-midnight.
★
COPACABANA AND LEME
Arab
Av Atlântica 1936, Copacabana
T
21 2235 1884;
M
Siquiera Campos; map p.81.
At this reasonably priced
Lebanese and North African restaurant, you can enjoy
mezze (Lebanese hors d'oeuvres such as hummus or
tabbouleh) at R$13 a portion, with main courses such as
lamb couscous for R$44. Though the menu is rather heavy
on meat choices, vegetarians certainly won't go hungry.
Mon 5pm-1am, Tues-Sun 9am-1am.
Caranguejo
Rua Barata Ribeiro 771, Copacabana
T
21 2235 1249,
W
restauranteocaranguejo.com.br;
M
Cantagalo; map p.81.
Excellent street-corner seafood
joint, where you can start with a dozen crab claws for R$29
before you tuck into a succulent prawn stroganoff (R$110).
Daily 11am-2am.
Deck
Av Atlântica 2316, Copacabana
T
21 2256 3889,
W
deckrestaurante.com.br;
M
Siquiera Campos; map
p.81.
This always-busy restaurant offers lunchtime deals
such as a mixed grill for two at R$55 until 4pm, then dishes
such as fish steak in caper sauce (R$44) or seafood risotto
(R$69) thereafter.
Daily 11am-1.20pm.
Marisqueira
Rua Barata Ribeiro 232, Copacabana
T
21 2252 7339;
M
Cardial Arcoverde; map p.81.
For
over fifty years, this restaurant has been serving well-
prepared Portuguese-style food, with meat dishes such as
roast goat or suckling pig (R$75), or a mariscada (seafood
casserole) for R$65.
Daily 11am-midnight.
Marius
Av Atlântica 290, Leme
T
21 2101 9000,
W
marius.com.br;
M
Cardial Arcoverde; map pp.76-77.
Rio's best-known place for oysters, crabs, rock lobster, prawns
and other seafood choices, but also good for grilled meats.
The menu is fixed at R$125 for a meat platter, or R$170 for
fish, not including drinks or afters.
Daily noon-midnight.
Shirley
Rua Gustavo Sampaio 610a, Copacabana
T
21 2275 1398;
M
Cardial Arcoverde; map p.81.
Great
little Spanish seafood restaurant, where a pukka paella for
two will set you back R$89.80, or you can try the zarzuela
(saffron-infused fish casserole) for R$39.80, and wash it
down with a bottle of Rioja. Service is formal but friendly.
Daily noon-1am.
Siri Mole e Cia
Rua Francisco Otaviano 50, Copacabana
T
21 2267 0894,
W
sirimole.com.br;
M
Ipanema/
General Osório;
map p.81.
Excellent but pricey Bahian
Miam Miam
Rua General Góes Monteiro 34,
Botafogo
T
21 2244 0125,
W
miammiam.com.br;
M
Botafogo; map pp.76-77.
Located in a nineteenth-
century house typical of Botafogo, with a relaxed dining
area decorated in a retro 1960s style, this treasure of a
restaurant deserves going slightly out of the way for. Chef
Roberta Ciasca comes up with modern Brazilian food at its
most delicious - incorporating fresh, local ingredients
presented with a French twist (salmon with spinach, mash
and pistachio pilaf, for example, at R$51.80). They also do a
R$110 tasting menu.
Tues-Fri 7pm-midnight, Sat
8pm-1am.
Valentin
Rua da Passagem 180, Botafogo
T
21 295
2748;
M
Botafogo; map pp.76-77.
A comfortable,
spacious restaurant serving mixed buffets that are either
unlimited (R$30 weekdays, R$35 weekends) or por quilo
(R$4.29/100g weekdays, R$4.69/100g weekends).
Pizzas and crêpes are available from 6pm.
Daily
11am-11pm.
Yorubá
Rua Arnaldo Quintela 94, Botafogo,
T
21 2541
9387;
M
Botafogo; map pp.76-77.
Friendly restaurant
(though you wouldn't know it from the outside) serving up
moderately priced Afro-Bahian cooking. The meals always
take a long time to appear, but the
bobó
(a dish based on
manioc purée),
moquecas
and other Bahian specialities are
worth the wait.
Wed-Fri 7pm-midnight, Sat & Sun
noon-7pm.
TOP 5 RESTAURANTS FOR
REGIONAL CUISINE
Aprazível (Mineiro)
see p.98
Bar do Arnaudo
(Northeastern)
see p.98
Espírito Santa
(various regions)
see p.98
Yorubá (Afro-Bahian)
see above
Siri Mole e Cia (Bahian)
see p.100
