mercado público de porto alegre

Take your time and experiment this Porto Alegre landmark. Here you can buy everything you need for your chimarrao (doesn't know what this is? Check this link (http://brodtec.com/diario/aulas-de-chimarr-o-com-maddog) for an introduction in Portuguese, English or Spanish. If you love fish, you can buy it fresh here. They also serve great coffee (Café do Porto) and you have several lunch options, including Italian, Portuguese and Japanese food.

It's an old market place located in the center of the city. Good for a walk, to eat some regional foods and/or bye a souvenir.

Tipical popular Market of Brazil, in downtown, food and goods sold. Part of the city´s historical site. A good place to eat is Gambrinus Restaurant.

It's cheap and you can get almost anything you need from fruits,coffee to alcohol.. and if you get hungry there are places to have breakfast or lunch. I really enjoyed coffee and alcohol shop called cachacaria do mercado. Great selection of alcohol and you can have a taste too..

right in the center of the city, nearby a park and pedestrian shops-streets you may find this market. It's special 'cause indeed a place old style where you may find any kind of fresh food, from fish to vegetables and fruit, chocolates, bread, etc. Besides you may go to the left situated cheap barbershops or better upstairs to one of the coffee places to have a very good overview of the place and it's people. On the way out follow the music: on the corner usually rock groups perform concerts for free.

A landmark in Porto Alegre, made in portuguese style, gathers a little bit of everything in town: it´s foods, styles, people, smells, flavours and souvenirs. There you may find a good restaurant, as well as a simple bar or a nice cafe. If you want some souvenir, you may choose among autentic gaúcho stuff like "cuia" (a kind of vessel) and "erva mate" or simbols and device for the practice of afro-brazilian religion (like umbanda).

From fruit to all around the world food, this place is a must go when in Porto Alegre.you can find exotic fruit from asia and around the world, alongside with amazonian and northeastern Brazilian fruitlocal dry beef "charque" together with north sea cod fishCoconut chips from Bahia and Thai riceAll there. And people enjoy them, always crowded and you can also find good (and crowded, of course) restaurants.Do not forget to buy a bulky pack of fresh shrimps

This is a large covered public market with many stalls (bancas). I enjoyed strolling through and observing the many vegetables and especially tropical fruits, fishes, including many freshwater species, cooking and barbecuing implements, fresh and cured meats, spices, and the like. There are also many places to eat. Naval Restaurant is, as you might guess from the name, a seafood place, and was recommended by our hotel concierge as one of the best places in the market. We enjoyed the bacalhau do casa (house salt cod), stewed with potatoes, green beans, tomato, onions, olives, and peppers, rice and farofa on the side. Price was quite reasonable and food quality was good. Not a place I'd return purely for the food, but acceptable if you happen to be there, are hungry, and want a reliable meal.

If you are in Porto Alegre for any length of time, the Mercado Publico is worth a visit! The coffee stand makes amazing coffee (you can buy beans or freshly ground coffee too) - make sure you pick up some nuts/dried fruits and try the icecream!It can feel a little bit hectic on weekends, but its got a lovely atmosphere and the super friendly people reminded me of why I love Brazil so much :)

To get the feel of a place, whether it's in Paris, Kyoto, or Rome, I always head straight for the market, not the supermarket, where all is covered in a plastic shroud, but the covered or outdoor market, where vendors cry out the virtues of their wares, and scents and sights tug at the nose and eyes. Porto Alegre, in the Brazilian province of Rio Grande do Sul, is no different in this regard. In a busy city with an otherwise bland downtown, the Mercado Publico in a 19th century covered structure conjures up all the flavor and contradictions of colonial Brazil. African gods and goddesses shared shelf space and dance sultry sambas with seemingly austere Catholic saints. The scent of coffee mingles with that of miracle cures and dried cod fish bacalao.

It is a typical place to be visited.You can enjoy also good lunch and make your own shopping.quality of products here is magnific.You can buy the most importante brand talking about oil, beverage, spices and more from all over the world.Cheeses and so on.

The central market or the fish of a city is always mandatory stop. Porto Alegre is no different. Building of 1869, has suffered fires and revolutions, but keep standing, serving the population. For the tourist is a way to understand the culture of our people, through cooking. River fish (the city is the margin of an estuary), the gaucho cooking dishes like beef jerky or, a hot beberage called "chimarrão" and , in winter, the best mocotó the Rio Grande.

Recently suffered a fire but the restauration is in progress and has not affected the market. Several special stands (bancas) are very personal and interesting to the foreigners and residents of other places in Brasil. Eats are an attraction with local taste, specially the dessert 'fruit salad with ice-cream" that is a must at the stand 42.

Every town has its own Market but, in Porto Alegre, the market has a different flavor! The "Mercado Público Central de Porto Alegre" is a "must go" in any trip to the "gaúcho" capital. It is beautiful, lively, clean, easily reachable and we can feel immediatelly at home. The stands are all over and we can find almost anything, from food and handicrafts to religious articles! The "delicatessen" caught my eyes and senses by the variety and quality of the products being sold: dairy, charcuterie, bread, jams, yerba mate ... Fresh fish is another wonder, with its own special alley. All mouth watering! The many restaurants and cafés are attended by locals and were quite busy during lunch hours. I strongly recommend a visit to the "Mercado Público Central de Porto Alegre": a real "must go"! Enjoy!

A very nice and typical place to visit when in Porto Alegre. Worth stopping by the "bancas" 33 to buy the native "erva mate" for the "chimarrão", 41 with lots of cheeses, breads and meats and "banca" 12 for healthy products.