With an industrial history, the region has seen Rua Carlos Weber undergo an intense transformation in recent years.
Immediately after Vila Madalena and Parque Villa-Lobos, and next to Lapa, is the neighborhood of Vila Leopoldina. With an industrial history, with many warehouses and factories, the region has seen Rua Carlos Weber undergo an intense transformation in recent years. The street, which used to be in the shadow of Dr. Gastão Vidigal e Imperatriz Leopoldina, today houses an impressive number of apartments, commercial complexes and, of course, restaurants.
Wandering there and its surroundings means finding a variety of restaurants, bars and patisseries, ranging from tasty Brazilian food, to a house specializing in apricots and even fancy burgers. OR tastehas, in recent weeks, been bringing options for locations outside of the most talked about regions. We will cross the center and the south, east, west and north areas, always looking for good food for all tastes and maintaining the quality of approval and the usual criteria of taste🇧🇷
Mary Lima
With an informal atmosphere, on the corner of Rua Carlos Weber and Rua Brentano, the MariaLima restaurant is one of the pioneers of gastronomy in Vila Leopoldina – Marcia Marques, owner of the space, opened the house in 2004. very bright and pleasant tables outside and, what matters most, good food. The meat parmigiana accompanied by potatoes and rice (R$ 55) is very tasty, as is the small escalope in mushroom sauce and risotto (R$ 59) and the salmon with leek straw (R$ 79, in the photo below) . All MariaLima’s dishes are well served, they are ordered for one person only.
Where is it: R. Carlos Weber, 1490, Vila Leopoldina. 3645-0932. To have. on Thurs, 12h/15h and 18h/23h. Fri. and Saturday, 12h/23h30. Sun., 12h/17h30.
house in Damascus
Vila Leopoldina houses the Casa do Damasco company store. There they have a full line of sweets and treats made, of course, with apricots. The house specialty is apricot filled with dulce de leche and dark chocolate (R$34, 150 grams) as well as apricot filled with pistachio (R$7, piece). There is also apricot covered in sweet and sour chocolate (R$ 40, 180 grams) and jams made by the company itself, such as apricot and pepper jam (R$ 12).
Where is it: R. Camânndulas, 94, Vila Leopoldina. 3833-9483. Mon. to Saturday, 9:00/18:00.
Criminal burger
One of the main burger attractions in Vila Leopoldina is Criminal Burger. The place goes from the simplest burgers, such as the X-Salada (R$35) and the X-Burger (R$33), to really more elaborate ones – and for those who like to eat a lot. This is the case of the flagship of the house, indicated by the waiter himself as the most popular dish: the Criminal (R$ 40), with house bread, hamburger, American cheese, lettuce, tomato, red onion, homemade pickles , bacon and mayonnaise. Criminal Burger also has a vegetarian option (R$30), with a falafel burger.
Where is it: R. Nanuque, 595, Vila Leopoldina. 2659-7165. Mon., 18h/22h45. To have. on Thurs, 11:30/22:45. Fri. and Saturday, 11:30am/11:00pm. Sun., 11.30am / 10.30pm.
Mamaggiore
Returning to Carlos Weber, a cozy restaurant where you can try the Italian cuisine of the neighborhood is at Mamaggiore. Following the concept of “slow food”, the house has dishes to eat while praying, such as potato gnocchi with strips of filet mignon in sauce grated with four cheeses and parmesan (R $ 77), penne with cream of dried Chilean mushrooms with peperoni , au gratin with buffalo mozzarella (R$73) and a meatloaf with mozzarella, au gratin with parmesan and garnished with fettuccine alfredo (R$79).
Where is it: R. Carlos Weber, 594, Vila Leopoldina. 3644-3364. Mon. on Fri, 12h/15h30 and 19h/22h. Sat., 12h/23h. Sun., 12h/18h.
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