Café Girondino
Café Espresso BRAVO
Pao de Queijo
Bolinho de Bacalhau
Carrot Cake, Belgian Dark Chocolate
Banana Cake
Located near the São Bento Monastery and Paulistano Mercado Municipal, Café Girondino references São Paulo’s European heritage with a broad range of Food and Beverage amidst spacious confines renovated in 1998 but dating back decades prior.
Covering three stories in its current iteration, the ground floor open by 07h30 on weekdays and 08h00 on weekends to serve guests a collection of Coffees, Sweets and Snacks, it is above that diners will find antiques and photographs from days prior flanking tables arranged for lunch or dinner.
A bustling space popular amongst locals as well as tourists, this diner’s lack of Portuguese-fluency surmounted by menus translated to English, it was after perusing display cases that an order was placed, the larger-than-average Cheese Bread soft and gooey like a Gougere while Café Girondino’s Bolinho de Bacalhau was unfortunately far too greasy around the otherwise enjoyable center of Potatoes, Herbs and Fish.
Saving Coffee for Dessert, the “BRAVO” Espresso still piping hot but a bit too bitter without Sugar, it would be difficult to say whether any Carrot can be tasted in Orange Cake covered in Chocolate Frosting while Banana Cake better matches preconceived notions, though both were plenty moist and fairly priced.
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