2 Best Restaurants in The South, Brazil

Casa Di Paolo

$$$ | Centro

Be ready for a hearty feast: this highly regarded restaurant serves a prix-fixe Italian menu with galeto al primo canto (crispy grilled chicken) and a large selection of pasta dishes. Accompaniments include cappelletti soup, polenta, and radicci (a green-leaf salad).

Restaurante do Fedo

$$$
Don’t be put off by the unprepossessing parking lot that is the entrance to this seaside restaurant in the village of Fazenda da Armação. Little more than a spruced-up fisherman’s shed, Fedo's is decked out inside with fishing nets and curios hauled in along with the catch of the day. Sit at one of the tables outside on the beach, with the sand between your toes, and tuck into a casquinha de siri (stuffed crab shell) and fried shrimp with a cold beer or caipirinha.