Pavão Azul

Rio de Janeiro


A Copacabana classic, Pavão Azul is a simple open-sided bar where huge crowds gather on the sidewalk out front to drink ice-cold chope (draft beer) and chat late into the night. It's been so successful in fact that the owners have opened a similar boteco, Pavãzinho, across the street. Don't miss the fantastically good, inexpensive pataniscas (codfish fritters).


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