Travel Reference
In-Depth Information
Pajuçara
T
82 3327 5252,
W
imperadordoscamaroes
.com.br.
This place wins kudos for novelty value only; the
primary reason for a visit is to try their now infamous
“invention”,
chiclete de camarãos
(literally “shrimp
bubblegum”), basically shrimps smothered in strings of
melted cheese. You will love it or hate it. Though their
roasted shrimp (
espeto de camarão
) is good, most of the
seafood here is just so-so. Mains R$40-60.
Sun-Thurs
11.30am-midnight, Fri & Sat 11.30am-1am.
Nakaffa
Av Silvio Carlos Viana 1785A, Ponta Verde
T
82 3313 6459,
W
nakaffa.com.br.
Stylish coffee shop
on the seafront with free wi-fi, excellent espresso,
sandwiches and salads; an a/c-cooled sanctuary from Skol
and
caipirinhas
.
Daily noon-midnight.
Panificação Alteza
Rua Jangadeiros Alagoanos 732,
Pajuçara
T
82 3231 0447.
Venerable bakery since 1967,
knocking out mouth-watering cakes, savoury pastries and
gourmet coffee.
Mon-Sat 6am-8pm.
★
cuisine like
prato da boa lembrança
(sun-dried beef, cheese,
green beans and sweet potato chips) in an artsy space. Free
transport from your hotel.
Mon-Sat 11am-11pm, Sun
11am-5pm.
Sorveteria Bali
Av Dr Antônio Gouveia 451, Pajuçara
T
82 3231 8833,
W
sorvetesbali.com.br.
The place for
Brazilian ice cream, from traditional flavours (chocolate,
vanilla) to those exotic local tastes (
jaca, mangaba, acerola
).
Sun-Thurs 10am-midnight, Fri & Sat 10am-1am.
CENTRO
Padaria Palácio Dos Pães
Rua do Comércio 672
T
82
3326 3114.
Most of the options in the centre are simple lunch
counters and
lanchonetes
, and this is the classic example, a
no-frills place serving locals since 1970, with bar stools, cakes,
sandwiches and the cheese “X-burgers”.
Daily 7am-6pm.
Pastel Japonês
Rua Boa Vista 64.
Popular snack stop
serving deep-fried
pastels
with chicken, meat or cheese
fillings (R$2.50, or R$3.50 with drink). They taste better
when you add the spicy ketchup. Takeaway or sit along tiled
benches inside.
Mon-Sat 11am-7pm.
Picuí
Av da Paz 1140, Jaraguá
T
82 3223 8080,
W
picui.com.br.
Fêted restaurant from celebrity chef
Wanderson Medeiros, with a menu of creative Brazilian
DRINKING AND NIGHTLIFE
For
nightlife
, the area around Rua Sá de Albuquerque (in the Jaraguá district) is a fashionable part of the city that's
especially lively from Thursday to Saturday, when the main street is closed off to tra
c and the bars and restaurants put
their tables outside. Otherwise stick to the beach bars (
barracas
)
in
Pajuçara and Ponta Verde, or the strip further north
in Jatiúca.
4
Alagoana
Rua Deputado Luiz Gonzaga Coutinho 125,
Jatiúca
T
82 3311 9052.
Good place to start the evening
on the Jatiúca strip, with an open beer tent/beer garden
format, selling Brahma (R$4.99; half price 4-7pm daily),
decent seafood and featuring live MPB, pop rock and
sertanejo
bands.
Mon-Fri 4pm-1am, Sat 11am-1am,
Sun 11am-midnight.
Bar Palácio do Chopp
Rua Boa Vista 15
T
82 3223
5488.
No-nonsense beer hall, something of a local
institution in the heart of the pedestrianized shopping area
in the centre (look for the Chinese-style roof ), selling beer
and tasty bar food. Note, however, this is a day-time only
joint.
Mon-Sat 9am-7pm.
★
Kanoa
Av Silvio Carlos Viana, barraca 25, Ponta
Verde
T
82 3235 3943,
W
kanoabeach.com.br.
This is
the best bar on the beach, always packed with the in-crowd
and featuring great DJs and live bands (MPB,
sertanejo
).
Cover charged most evenings (R$6-10).
Daily 10am-2am.
Lopana
Av Silvio Carlos Viana, barraca 27, Ponta Verde
T
82 3231 7484,
W
lopana.com.br.
Cool beach bar with
tables on the sand, live music, cold beers and great snacks
(fried prawns,
carne de sol
), plus their own
jangada
(sailboat; up to 7 people) you'll see offshore. Cover charged
most evenings (R$6-10).
Daily 9am-2am.
DIRECTORY
Emergencies
T
190; Federal Police
T
82 3216 6700.
Internet
Most hotels and
pousadas
offer free wi-fi. Failing
that, at Ponta Verde there's a small internet café (without
food or drink, however) on the second floor of the Pavilão
do Artesanato shopping centre; and
Cafeconet
, Rua Emp.
Carlos da Silva Nogueira 192, Loja C, in Jatiúca.
Money and exchange
Banco do Brasil and HSBC are
both on the first block of Rua do Livramento, close to the
corner with Rua Boa Vista, in the centre of the city.
Post o
ce
The post o
ce is at Rua João Pessoa 57 in the
centre near the Asamblea building, with a branch in
Shopping Centro de Artesanato Jaraguá, Rua Sá da
Albuquerque 417.
Praia do Francês
Sixteen kilometres south of Maceió, the coast road (AL-101) loops around
Praia do
Francês
, which even by Alagoan standards is something special. An enormous expanse
