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).
Pavão Azul
Rio de Janeiro
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One of Rio's oldest neighborhoods, this pretty area feels like a tiny slice of Portugal, with its old shuttered houses, quiet cobblestone streets and…
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4.83 MILES
One of Rio's oldest neighborhoods, this pretty area feels like a tiny slice of Portugal, with its old shuttered houses, quiet cobblestone streets and…