Mercado Cobal de Humaitá

Frommer's Review

Is it a bar? Is it a restaurant? Or is it a great seething mass of people at plastic patio tables quaffing chopp, munching food, and listening to tunes from one or more live bands? That last is probably the best description of the nighttime scene at the Mercado Cobal. By day a mild-mannered fruit and vegetable market, at night the Mercado transforms itself into a huge outdoor bar scene. Seven or eight different restaurants and chopperias (a downscale botequim; chopperias sell draft beer and very basic snacks) all meld into one large bustling patio, with busy waiters racing up and down the aisles trying to keep their tables straight. Galeto Mania serves up a tasty grilled chicken, Pizzapark offers a full range of pizzas, and Manekineko whips up tray after tray of fresh sushi, while Espirito Chopp serves the best cold draft beer. The beauty of this place is that you don't have to commit to one specific restaurant. Once you've found a table, just order food from any of them. With superhero skill, the waiters somehow manage to keep track of it all.

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