Fun little coffee shop that is worth a visit if you are in the area…read more It is a good spot for bringing a laptop and doing some work. The food is nothing special, but the coffee is worth going for.

I was on the hunt for coffee when I was staying in Vila Madalena and walked here one day. I had…read morejust arrived right before it started to down pour. I almost walked past the entrance from the street. They have a few different areas one could find a seat - every place had a covered ceiling so when it rains most every spot can be filled up. Lots of plants. I sat in the tiny room with the A/C with windows that faced the street - right behind the coffee bar. It kind of felt like I was inside a treehouse - it was nice to be there when it was raining outside. It was really peaceful I wish I had brought a book or my journal with me that day. When you walk inside through the glass doors, turn to your right and walk towards the coffee bar that looks like you're in a kitchen workspace. This is normal as this is where you will place your order. After you order, you can find your seat and it will be brought out to you. The entire space gives a semi-modernized artsy atmosphere. There is a larger space with sofa, accent chairs and tables near a bookshelf filled with different bags of coffee you could purchase as well as various coffee tools and accessories. They have more indoor/outdoor seating down the corridor you walk down when you first turn in from the street as well. Since I love espressos, I had to try the espresso tasting where they give you one small cup and one larger cup of espresso - both brewed the same way, just presented differently. Stir the smaller cup fast with the spoon and slower with the bigger cup. When you taste them, you will notice a difference as one will be more bitter and the other will have that fuller taste. I preferred the smaller cup as it had more of that dark espresso flavor. The staff are super friendly. There was someone there who helped me decide what to order and explained to me how to drink it when he had brought it out. It was also helpful that he knew a little bit of English. I wish I had came here more than just one time and I regret not buying a couple bags of coffee as the packaging is what drew me to the merch, but I was already overflowing with items in my suitcase.

Cosy place, in the middle of the Batman district! Organic food, i really recommend…read more Staff very welcoming and attentive

Oh to wake up every day to a house like this filled with cheery knick-knacks and the smell of…read morebaking. A cross between craft shop and farmhouse kitchen, Lá da Venda is a lovingly-curated treasure trove where hams and cheeses hang from the ceiling alongside baskets, hammocks and multi-coloured crochet rugs, while tea towels, knitted dolls, wooden toys and clay pots cram the shelves. Pop by for coffee and one of chef Heloisa Bacellar's award-winning pães de queijo. Or for something more substantial, cop a spot outside or in the interior courtyard and linger over the daily-changing lunch menu.

This place is well decorated and it has a nice vibe, you will be able to have your meals and talk…read morenicely without too laud songs in the back. It is a great place to take a brunch, the artesanal breads are super tasty and all food look like special to take a picture. During weekends probably you will find a line to get a place inside but you can take home everything we find in the menu.

If it were not for the serendipitous meeting my wife had in the US with one of the owners of this…read moreplace, we wouldn't have found it. It is reviewed in other places, and given my penchants for Yelp, I wouldn't have clued into this place, and this would have been most unfortunate. First, the culture around bread and certainly food in São Paulo is serious, and there is a "padaria" on many corners, and it is likely you are not staying anywhere near this place. This said, I will tell you now it was worth the Über we took there, and Über did find the place by name quickly which was nice, rather than having to place the address in manually. Signage is clearly marked, and similar to the color seen on the website, which is underwhelming as far as websites go. Being on the corner, it was easy to navigate a drop off and pick up safely. I am guessing you are not brave (read "louco") enough to rent a car and drive in São Paulo, although there may be parking at times within walking distance along the street if you did. Unlike many places in São Paulo, this place was designed with several small seating areas and thankfully this was one place where one could actually hear a conversation and feel relaxed rather than the normal hustle and bustle of restaurants here. You would think that because we showed up later in the day (around 3 pm) that the bread would have been baked earlier in the day, but this place makes small batches all day, and our bread to go once we were done was fresh from the oven. My wife Andréa had a "suco de tangerina" (freshly squeezed tangerine juice) and I had my afternoon "cafezinho" (a double espresso) to go with our charcuterie board of salumi, local cheese, and a country loaf with black sesame and oats and a purple sweet potato loaf, accompanied by lovely balls of cultured butter and a passion fruit marmalade. To top things off, I had been looking for a fair trade whole bean Brazilian coffee to take back home, and there it was sitting on the shelf for sale at a reasonable price. https://www.vitalecafe.com.br/. The service was prompt, friendly, and knowledgeable and clearly showed both a pride in their product and a confidence in their excellence. There is no question it will be a future Über ride with others there in the future.

This is such a wonderful place, terrific chicken torte, cakes and snacks. I like their almond…read morecroissant and pain-au-chocolat. It's a really calm and friendly place to stop in for a coffee, as Zoraide is a wonderful and warm person.

This place was sooo amazing!! Zoraide is wonderful and extremely caring, she makes you feel right…read moreat home! I had the torta de banana c/ sorvete and it was HEAVEN. Highly recommended, encourage it to everyone that comes to São Paulo

The coffee was good and strong, and the croissant was very buttery. The bread was so so and they…read moredid not have any jam, which was a bit of a disappointment. Maybe the bread was more of a take-and-go thing? The service was quick and professional. The outdoor seating was nice; there is no WiFi though

From the owner: Localizado na Vila Madalena, o Cupping Café proporciona uma excelente experiência quando o assunto…read moreé café especial. Trazendo diferentes formas de métodos de extração, a cafeteria conta com grãos cuidadosamente selecionados vindos de diversas regiões com distintos aspectos de torrefação. O ambiente moderno e agradável serve como um ótimo ponto de encontro, tanto para lazer quanto para local de trabalho.

This bookstore is fantastic. I walked in wanting to check the place out and was immediately greeted…read moreby a nice lady who only spoke Brazilian Portuguese. When she found out I spoke only a little Brazilian Portuguese and knew more English, she tried to find co-workers who knew English. The guy who ended up helping me a whole bunch in locating poetry books was awesome. He kept pulling out options that were of what I was looking for and others that were known to be from great authors. I ended up leaving with several books - all of them were so cool and were just my style. I am hoping these will also help me learn Brazilian Portuguese more on other mediums. The store is well organized on the floor the entrance / exit is located on. There is a lower level mainly filled with children books and things of that matter along with a cafe that I didn't get to check out because I was still browsing with books in hand. I totally forgot to go check it out after I had purchased my books so will need to go another time. There were two other upper levels - one with psychology, self help type books and more and then the highest level was small, but moderately filled with design, architecture, food, travel, music, and culture. I spent some time up here as there was a comfy armchair and not busy with people. There were some books up there I liked, but they were heavy and didn't want to take them back with me that day. Found that this bookstore was very close to where I was staying which was cool cause I was able to go back and forth to drop stuff off multiple times to free up my hands and lessen my carrying weight while I continued to explore the streets.

Must say that I was super happy to find this 'hidden' gem. I was pretty tired of the superficial…read morehype around coffee lab nearby. This place provides excellent coffee and nice quiet court yard behind the bookstore. I'm reading my kindle though, just saying.