Bar do Juarez
São Paulo, Brazil
Bar do Juarez was founded in 1999 by Juarez Alves, who came from Bahia to São Paulo in 1973 and built his bar business around the kind of boteco that once filled the old city centre: bare tables, cold beer from the fridge, and straightforward food cooked to order. The group now has six locations across the city, including Itaim, Pinheiros, Brooklin, Moema, Santana, and Mooca, each designed to evoke the mid-century neighbourhood bar rather than a themed restaurant. Linguiça acebolada is one of the most ordered items on the menu: calabresa cut on the bias and fried in a cast-iron pan with a mountain of caramelised white onion, brought to the table sizzling with a basket of pão francês alongside. The boteco ritual here is to use the bread to soak up the fat and onion juices from the pan. The petisco portions are sized for sharing and the draft beer, called chope, comes in small 200ml glasses refilled continuously. The Itaim location on Avenida Presidente Juscelino Kubitschek is the most central for visitors.
