2 Best Restaurants in Curitiba, The South

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As one of the major centers of industry and commerce in Brazil, Curitiba has a wide variety of dining and lodging options that caters to hurried and demanding business travelers. The Santa Felicidade neighborhood has carved a name as the place to go for affordable restaurants that serve locally influenced Italian cuisine.

Madalosso

$$ | Santa Felicidade

One of the best-known establishments for Italian cuisine in Curitiba, Madalosso is also possibly the largest restaurant in Brazil: the hangarlike building seats 4,600 diners. The prix-fixe menu includes a huge selection of pastas and sauces, chicken dishes, and salads. The gnocchi and lasagna are particularly noteworthy. The restaurant keeps a large wine cellar, with many renowned Brazilian and international wines, as well as a house wine, made for the restaurant in the vineyards of Rio Grande do Sul.

Italian $$ Prix-Fixe Lunch Dinner
Av. Manoel Ribas 5875, Curitiba, 82020-000, Brazil
041-3372–2121
www.madalosso.com.br
Restaurant Details
Credit cards accepted
No dinner Sun.

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Schwarzwald (Bar do Alemão)

$$ | Setor Histórico

The city's most popular German bar–restaurant, Schwarzwald has carved a name for itself with great draft beer, including some imported brands and local bocks (German-style dark beers). Highly recommended entrées are the house version of eisbein (pig's leg served with mashed potatoes), kassler (beef fillet with a cream sauce), and duck with red cabbage. The restaurant is somewhat small and packed with tables, but there's plenty of space on the sidewalk in front.