A Casa do Porco Bar

"A Casa do Porco is arguably Brazil’s most famous restaurant, but it's surprisingly down to earth. The tasting menu costs around $40, there’s no dress code, and you don’t always need a reservation to get a table. As you’d expect, the menu is heavy on pork—specifically, Brazilian varieties that are raised on the owners' farm outside the city. You can watch whole hogs cooking in the open kitchen, and dinner usually ends with a roast pig blowout. The menu changes seasonally, but classics include pork cheek sushi and osso bucco with onion soup. Don’t need a full meal? Grab a sandwich from a small takeaway hatch. We like the roast pork with mustard-mayo, pickled red onion, and guacamole." - tome morrissy swan

"A Casa do Porco is arguably Brazil’s most famous restaurant and a regular on worldwide best-of lists, but it's surprisingly down to earth. The tasting menu costs around $40, there’s no dress code, and you don’t always need a reservation to get a table. As you’d expect, the menu is heavy on pork—Brazilian varieties that are raised on the owners' farm outside the city. You can watch whole hogs cooking in the open kitchen, and dinner usually ends with a roast pig blowout. The menu changes seasonally, but classics include pork cheek sushi and osso bucco with onion soup. Don’t need a full meal? Grab a sandwich from a small takeaway hatch. We like the roast pork with mustard-mayo, pickled red onion, and guacamole." - Tomé Morrissy-Swan

"This casual and lively restaurant (”the House of the Hog”) commands the most coveted wait list for a table in the whole city, and is partly responsible for bringing the buzz back to downtown São Paulo since opening in 2016. Chefs Jefferson and Janaína Rueda serve a true feast of hog, including homemade sausages, pork jowl sushi, and pancetta crackling with spicy guava jam. The current tasting menu pays homage to the love of pork in various Latin American countries, from Argentinian choripán to Peruvian ceviche (prepared with pork ears and feet). But the main reason to line up for a table is the whole pigs (raised by the chefs on their farm) prepared in barbecue grills in the middle of the kitchen, which produces soft and tender meat with crunchy, delicious rinds." - Rafael Tonon

"Rank: #7 "Meaning ‘House of the Pig’ in Portuguese, A Casa do Porco is named for its focus on pork in all its forms, with a tasting menu and à la carte using every part of the pig. In recent years, it has adapted to changing dietary requirements, introducing a vegetarian menu that tastes as good as the original, and with à la carte options like mushroom sushi and cheese ‘crackling’. The quirkily decorated restaurant is run by husband-and-wife team Jefferson and Janaina Rueda in the heart of downtown São Paulo."

"Rank: #17 "Guests can go for pork-based à la carte or bitesize plates such as pork chin sushi, pork tartar and Rueda’s interpretation of Virado à Paulista. Those who wait in line for this no-reservations restaurant should order the O Porco É (Pork is…) degustation, which includes Rueda’s signature pork tartare and crispy pancetta crackling with guava jam."