Help choose the best Brazilian flavors in Curitiba

That we exude cultural diversity and flavors in our gastronomy is nothing new. But there are those dishes that occupy the center of the Brazilian table: feijoada, which is a symbol of Brazil around the world, or that crispy crackling that complements any preparation – and so many other delicacies that make up our regional Brazilian cuisine.

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And to celebrate the best it has to offer, we invite you to vote for the category finalists. Feijoada, Crackling and Brazilian Regional Cuisine from the Popular Flavor stage of the 2023 Bom Gourmet Award, presented by Gold Food Service. They were the most nominated by people from Curitiba and can receive votes until July 11th on the Award’s website.

Discover the five restaurants that had the most nominations in the three categories, choose your favorite and vote! If you don’t know some of the competitors, there’s time to try and vote a lot on the site premiobomgourmet.com.br.

Crackling

The new bar was founded in October 2021 by chef Mauricio Fontana in partnership with partner Edna Ferreira, his wife. Both had already gone through other ventures, but decided to focus their energies on Jeep Bar CWB. The chef signs the house menu, which highlights bar food, especially crackling rolls, bread with dumplings and jaguar meat. The dish building varies between R$35 and R$65.

Address: Rua Secondo Tedeschi, 36 – Ahú

Wednesday to Saturday, from 18:00 to 23:00.

Instagram: @jipebarcwb

The bar and brewery was born as a physical space in November 2022, but the brewery has been operating since 2018. Beer production emerged to follow up on the beers that were produced by grandmother Bernadete. Now, the team is keen to add a Brazilian touch to the recipes. One of the highlights among the beers is the Camu-camu sour, a fruit from the Amazon that is still not very popular outside the region. As for food, the house’s flagship is crackling, the most ordered dish, which costs R$20.

Address: Rua Aruba, 69 – Centro – Pinhais

Thursday, from 17:00 to 22:00. Friday, from 4 pm to 10 pm. Saturday, from 13:00 to 23:00.

Instagram: @cervejarialobos

In 2009, José de Araújo Netto and Marcus Araújo, father and son, decided to found the bar with the proposal to bring together traditional bar snacks from all over the country in a colorful environment as in the interior parties. The establishment maintains the essence and traditions of a “root” bar, “a good dirty glass bar”, as they say. Netto is responsible for the menu, which specializes in portions and snacks. The flagship is the dirty steak: a portion of rump with dark beer sauce and bacon, served with boiled cassava, fried or potatoes, and French bread. The crackling is also a highlight of the house, especially the roll.

Address: Rua Carlos Pioli, 513 – Bom Retiro

Tuesday to Friday, from 5 pm to 1 am. Saturday and Sunday, from 11am to 1am.

Instagram: @barquermesse

Founded by chef Daniella and her son Filipe Tavarnaro, the duo combined their experience in the events business with Daniella’s passion for cooking – and thus, Porkito was born in 2020. The idea was to set up a restaurant that sold sandwiches made with meat shredded, in addition to traditional hamburgers. The appreciation for pork was the inspiration for the name. The menu is signed by the chef and its specialties are feijoada and crackling – which, unlike the traditional dish, is made with pancetta, not bacon. Among the sandwiches, the shredded sandwich stands out. Prices vary between R$19.90 and R$46.90.

Address: Rua Chile, 1883 – Rebouças

Monday to Friday, from 18:00 to 22:00. Saturdays, from 11 am to 10 pm.

Instagram: @por.kito

At the end of January this year, businessman Beto Madalosso launched his newest venture: a bar that serves various snacks, draft beer, bottled beer, caipirinhas and offers a variety of 40 types of cachaça. Wellington Almeida is the chef responsible for a menu that includes oxtail dumplings, cod marinade, creamy crab and sambiquira skewers, which are among the highlights of the house, in addition to cod bolovo. The price of snacks varies between R$18 and R$33.

Address: Rua Visconde do Rio Branco, 1199 – Downtown

Monday to Saturday, from 11:45 am to 2:00 pm and from 5:00 pm to 10:30 pm

Instagram: @sambiquiracuritiba

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Brazilian Regional Cuisine

Founded in April 2009, the restaurant focuses on Brazilian food. Commanded by chefs Chef Anderson Laffayete and Marcello Simões, the kitchen presents everyday ingredients in a different version, whether in the presentation or in the preparation techniques. The flagship of the house is feijoada, served on Saturdays. On Sundays, barreado is the focus, in addition to regional classics from other regions of the country. At night, the highlight is the bar food. In the cocktail menu, the frozen caipirinha, which has cashew pulp, strawberries, blackberries, mangoes, pink pepper and cachaça, is a hit.

Address: Avenida Manoel Ribas, 227 – Mercês

Tuesday to Friday, executive lunch, from 11:45 am to 2 pm; feijoada lunch, from 12h to 16h. Sunday, lunch, from 12:00 to 16:00. Wednesday to Saturday, from 18:00 to 23:30.

Instagram: @ojardineirobarerestaurante

The restaurant was founded in 2015 with a focus on food from Minas Gerais. Previously with a space in Alto da XV, it moved to its current address, at Hugo Lange, in 2018. With a kitchen led by Minas Gerais chef Maria Eliza Guimarães, the menu features regional dishes with a homemade proposal. The highlight is the pork ribs, which are served with guava sauce. In addition to this, dishes like barreado, tropeiro beans and fried polenta call attention to the per-kilo buffet, which is standard at the house, which only serves in person.

Address: Rua Itupava, 1133 – Hugo Lange

From Monday to Friday, from 11:30 am to 2:30 pm. Saturday, from 12:00 to 15:00.

Instagram: @dimocaeventos

Mineira Gostosa was founded in 1981 in downtown Curitiba with the aim of bringing together lovers of Minas Gerais cuisine. With a rustic atmosphere, the owner of the house Eduardo Dalcomuni intends to offer customers a trip to the interior of Minas Gerais. With traditional dishes, served on a wood stove, the menu emphasizes fresh ingredients in recipes passed down from generation to generation. The flagship of the house is the crackling pernil. Other specialties are crackling, feijoada, tripe and oxtail. All served as an all-you-can-eat buffet with dessert.

Address: Rua Mateus Leme, 491 – Civic Center

Monday to Friday, from 11 am to 3 pm. Saturdays, Sundays and holidays, from 11 am to 3:30 pm.

Instagram: @restaurantemineiragostosa

In 2016, chef Fredy Ferreira, his wife Lívia Farah and his partner at the time Heitor Humberto teamed up to transform a historic coat in Largo da Ordem into a restaurant serving coastal food from Paraná, a tribute to Lívia’s ancestry. The name pays homage to his grandmother, great-grandmother and great-great-grandmother, who were born in Guarçouba and Paranaguá. The contemporary cuisine dishes, signed by Ferreira, take ingredients such as seafood, manioc flour, plantain, peach palm and cataia. Highlights on the menu are seafood preparations and grilled fish, in addition to barreado. The value of the dishes range from R$45 to R$82.

Address: Rua Doutor Claudino dos Santos, 90 – São Francisco

Wednesday to Friday, from 18:00 to 23:00. Saturday, from 12h to 23h. Sunday, from 12:00 to 16:00.

Instagram: @acaicara

Mahá was founded nine months ago based on the common principles of two friends, Hannah and Mari, who met in the kitchen. The goal is to provide a moment of experience with food and space. For ingredients, it has a partnership with the central cooperative for agrarian reform, in addition to having suppliers of organic products and local producers. Chef Hannah Correia de Lima signs the menu, which highlights the pork belly with creamy plantain rice. The average value of the dishes is R$50.

Address: Rua Treze de Maio, 336 – Downtown.

Wednesday to Friday, from 11:30 am to 2:30 pm. Saturday and Sunday, from 12:00 to 15:00.

Instagram: @restaurantemaha

Feijoada

The establishment began its history in 2013, under the name of Quintal da Maria. Over the years, it has established itself as one of the main samba houses in Curitiba and, during the pandemic, it changed direction, becoming O Tal do Quintal. That’s when the feijoada (R$59), signed by chef Ary Aires Junior, started to be included among the highlights of the menu. The dish also inspired the feijoada fritter (R$33), served in eight pieces. The main objective of the house is to keep the samba culture alive in the city, bringing artists from all over Brazil to perform in the city.

Address: Av. Jaime Reis, 366 – Largo da Ordem – San Francisco

Friday, from 5 pm to 11 pm. Saturday, from 11 am to 3 pm and from 5 pm to 11 pm. Sunday, from 5 pm to 11 pm.

Instagram: @o_tal_do_quintal

It was inspired by football that the partners Rodrigo Benato and Wagner Ferro decided to found the bar, in 2018. The house broadcasts live games and has a themed menu. The name itself is inspired by a game pass. With a kitchen led by Benato, the specialty of the house is feijoada, which is served with more than 20 side dishes, and includes dessert.

Address: Rua Petit Carneiro, 394 – Água Verde

Monday to Friday, from 11:30 am to 2:30 pm and from 5:30 pm to 11:00 pm. Saturday, from 11:30 am to 11:30 pm. Sunday, from 11:30 am to 10:00 pm.

Instagram: @tikitakagastrobar

The restaurant, located in a rustic house near Parque São Lourenço, was opened on October 24, 1987 by Otávio Sbalqueiro. The recipes from have stayed true to the taste of home cooking ever since. Specialized in Brazilian cuisine, the restaurant offers à la carte service. The highlight of the menu is feijoada, prepared by the owner and his wife, Marta Sbalqueiro. There are also other dishes, such as rump with onions, breaded fish fillet, grilled fish fillet and fish moqueca. Among the snacks are bean broth, french fries, cassava, bacon, shrimp croquettes and crab cakes. The average price of the dishes is R$ 125, which serves two people.

Address: Rua Professor Joaquim de Matos Barreto, 416 – São Lourenço

Saturdays, from 12:00 to 17:00.

Instagram: @pantagruel_curitiba

With 40 years of history, Puinas offers a menu with more than 100 options, highlighting the feijoada Dona Cacilda (R$69.90), signed by chef Cleber Tulio, son of Cacilda. The dish is served on Saturdays in iron pots, with several options for side dishes and appetizers. Among them, cassava bread, potato chips, pork sausage and pork shoulder roasted for eight hours. The kitchen is led by chef Wagner Ferro. The restaurant also has live music with Samba de Bamba.

Address: Avenida Alderman Toaldo Tulio, 1136 – Santa Felicidade

Monday to Friday, from 11:30 am to 2:30 pm and from 6:00 pm to 11:30 pm. Saturday, from 11:30 am to 3:00 pm and from 6:00 pm to 11:30 pm. Sunday, from 11:30 am to 3:00 pm.

Instagram: @puinasbar

Founded in September 2023, the bar emerged from the old dream of chef and creator João Nunes to open a food establishment, and gained strength with partner Luís Eduardo. The menu, signed by Nunes, has food options and caipirinhas. The highlight is the feijoada, served on Saturdays. In addition, they have snacks, such as termite cupcake with cream cheese, the house’s best seller, and cabotiá pumpkin cupcake with dried meat. There are more than 20 options for caipirinha and draft beer with nitrogen. Prices range from R$32 to R$88. Caipirinhas from R$28.

Address: Rua Mateus Leme, 368 – San Francisco

Tuesday to Thursday, from 18:00 to 00:00. Friday, from 6 pm to 1 am. Saturday, from 12:00 to 01:00. Sunday, from 12:00 to 18:00.

Instagram: @nacionalbar

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