The Mercado Municipal

One spot on the W3 is quite special: the Mercado Municipal. We took my dad and June there just before their departure. The Mercado is a market, with fresh fruits and vegetables, fresh bread, fresh fish, import products like olives, cheese and wine. It is also a restaurant and a pub. And the decor is a collection of vintage elements; tiles, posters, stain glass, tables, all sorts of details with history, all brought from Sao Paolo, Rio and Manaus. This place is an oddity in this city.  Indeed, a new kind of history was made by creating the city itself, leaving the country's colonial heritage away, making room for this new "brazilian modernism".
So, in the end, the Mercado is a cosy spot. Old things are comfortable. And on Saturdays, it has a great ambiance, with a group playing live samba at one table. (yes they are so laid back that they play sitting at the table!) They also serve a buffet of feijoada, this dish made of beans. This is typical brazilian food, and most people cannot live without it. It comes in a variety - brown, black, white, or red - with different meats added to it - sausages, pork neck, pork feet, pork skin, or whatever pork. The buffet has a selections of an incredible number of them.
The good thing at the Mercado is that it is possible to select a fish and get it prepared. Or it is possible to have something from the menu, which is also delicious. And with the music, it is even more delightful.