Mercado Municipal de São Paulo
Mercado Municipal de São Paulo
Mercado Municipal de São Paulo
4.5
6:00 AM - 4:00 PM
Monday
6:00 AM - 6:00 PM
Tuesday
6:00 AM - 6:00 PM
Wednesday
6:00 AM - 6:00 PM
Thursday
6:00 AM - 6:00 PM
Friday
6:00 AM - 6:00 PM
Saturday
6:00 AM - 6:00 PM
Sunday
6:00 AM - 4:00 PM
About
Housed in a stunning example of eclectic industrial architecture, the Mercado Municipal de São Paulo — nicknamed the Mercadão — has thousands of food items on offer, literally from soup to nuts. Lush tropical and temperate fruits from every season, choice cuts of meats and fish, and hearty prepared foods,such as the renowned and enormous mortadella (bologna) sandwich, complete the market's catalog of wares, all for sale in a boisterous, welcoming atmosphere. The surrounding area can be a bit sketchy, but the sights and flavors more than make up for the journey downtown.
Duration: 2-3 hours
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Neighbourhood: Bom Retiro
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Guust d
London, UK4 contributions
Sept 2021 • Couples
They are very friendly and happily offer you fruit to try, but then you are practically forced to buy something from them.
And this is when the fun starts, they tried to charge us 150 R$/kilo of fruit, about 25 EUR or 28 USD!!!
Their price are 20 times normal supermarket prices.
Normal price would be no more than 10 R$/kilo.
And this is when the fun starts, they tried to charge us 150 R$/kilo of fruit, about 25 EUR or 28 USD!!!
Their price are 20 times normal supermarket prices.
Normal price would be no more than 10 R$/kilo.
Written 13 September 2021
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Luca C
London, United Kingdom113 contributions
Oct 2022 • Couples
A great market to go and try out local food and see the types of meat & fish locals buy. Local food to try is the mortadella sandwich, a pastel, chopp (draft) beer, and more. There is also a great place to try some local craft beer under the mezzanine.
Only reason it’s not a 5* place is because of the fruit vendors who try to scam you for the smallest amount of fruit you buy. They start off all friendly, giving you various (delicious) samples, but then charge you a ridiculous amount. For some strawberries, 2 “kiwi-bananas”, 2 cherimoyas (custard apples), and a few other pieces of fruit I can’t remember the names of, the vendor tried to charge us BR$267 ~ £42 ~ US$50. So be careful of these fruit vendors - especially Barraca do Juca!
Only reason it’s not a 5* place is because of the fruit vendors who try to scam you for the smallest amount of fruit you buy. They start off all friendly, giving you various (delicious) samples, but then charge you a ridiculous amount. For some strawberries, 2 “kiwi-bananas”, 2 cherimoyas (custard apples), and a few other pieces of fruit I can’t remember the names of, the vendor tried to charge us BR$267 ~ £42 ~ US$50. So be careful of these fruit vendors - especially Barraca do Juca!
Written 28 October 2022
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InfoMiss Trips
Lisbon District, Portugal264 contributions
Dec 2019
Lots of food vendors selling fruits, nuts, meats, etc. Make sure you understand the price first. Some vendors have incredibly high prices for things. They may say its imported, but its still too expensive, so just be careful. Ask for the price and insist on it.
Stop by a restaurant - I like the ones upstairs, and have a mortadella sandwich. If it has a X in front of it that means with cheese. X-tudo means cheese and everything.
Enjoy! It's worth a visit.
Stop by a restaurant - I like the ones upstairs, and have a mortadella sandwich. If it has a X in front of it that means with cheese. X-tudo means cheese and everything.
Enjoy! It's worth a visit.
Written 13 February 2020
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Dez
Sunshine Coast, Australia663 contributions
Mar 2020 • Couples
Busy area with lots of other shops and noise outside the building. My husband did get charged more for buying fruit, being gringos, be careful, even when they weigh in front of you. Taste it, dont buy it. Worth going for a look and getting food to eat. Not worth visiting twice base on our experience.
Written 5 March 2020
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Milton Kanno
Sao Paulo, SP9,892 contributions
Aug 2020 • Couples
Vendors approach aggressively in a way almost intimidating. Once it became a turist spot fruit became extremely expensive. The tradicional belloni sandwich is ridiculous expensive and lost quality of times ago. As a local it is sad tô me see this place in theese conditions. They may full foreigners but not people who live here. Shame on that.
Written 11 August 2020
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MooshLA
Calabasas, CA583 contributions
Apr 2023 • Friends
Fun experience in a large city food market set in a beautiful old building. We were told to keep our iPhones inside our pockets for fear of being mugged however I didn't get this impression at all. I think you just have to be smart about usage. The fresh and exotic fruit stands are a fun stop as the sales people offer you a wide variety of fresh and exotic fruits to sample with hopes you'll wind up purchasing. Be careful however as the fruits are so darn good, you'll wind up what I did in buying $100 of fruit - however every bite is a burst of flavor so it's well worth it. They sell the fruit in various sizes and I wound up getting the larger plate which turned out to be $110. There are meat stands. nuts, beverages and a wide variety of other shopping stalls. It can get pretty crowded so keep an eye on your friends, family and belongings. Uber easy in/out through clearly marked door numbers to make meeting your ride much easier. Plenty of security guards are located all around so again I felt totally safe.
Written 8 April 2023
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barneybing
hayling island37 contributions
Jan 2022 • Family
Love going to the Mercadao Municipal when we visit Sao paulo the atmosphere is fantastic always get some Carolina reaper sauce of death from our favourite stall, loads of weird and wonderful fruits and nuts to sample and a simple nao obrigado (no thankyou) with a smile is enough never experienced any pressure sales pitch and everything is priced. Make sure you go upstairs to Horca for a choppe (beer) and a pastel which is huge so are the sandwiches delicious. Don't be scared go with it and enjoy the experience, the fish market is the only bit to avoid it's a bit smelly 😜
Written 2 February 2022
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Jeffrey D
Griffin, GA2,792 contributions
May 2022 • Friends
The Mercado is the best place to experience the full array of foods, fruits and vegetables available in Brazil. It does get crowded on the weekends and you do need to keep an eye on wallet and cell phone security around the crowds. Even more so if you visit shops on the surrounding streets. If you have time to eat, go upstairs in the main building and brave the lines to get a table in one of the restaurants. Recommend a mortadella sandwich or a pastel to go with your chopp.
Written 1 June 2022
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Justin N
5 contributions
Sept 2022 • Solo
Beware of the fruit vendors, I wanted to pick up some fruit and they were giving out samples. The samples were great, so I decided to but a few pieces. The seller was super friendly and was picking out something "ripe", but picked out the most unripe fruit and then when I got home and looked at the charge it was obscene. It was from a stand called Hugo Mederos Silva. I expected it to be more than the store, it was 1 custard apple, 6 strawberry, 1 kiwi, and 1 tangerine and he charged my card $261 R $50 USD. The listed prices were no where near what I was charged. It's a shame that there scamming people that visit, I love to support local vendors but this just left a sour unripe taste in my mouth. I hope that $50 was worth the Karma that's coming. I would say avoid his stand. I am sure the majority are honest.
Written 10 September 2022
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tattooedtraveller_uk
Norwich, UK622 contributions
Dec 2019
This is a really good market, however it is very busy, especially if you stupidly go there at lunch time !!!
I misjudged it, and consequently had to wait a long time for food, but that was my oversight. If I had had longer here I would have gone back again at a slightly less busy time to be able to really appreciate the place. The whole area was very busy, bustling, people selling from shops and the pavements.
This was one of the nicest markets I have been to and I have been to quite a few !!
I misjudged it, and consequently had to wait a long time for food, but that was my oversight. If I had had longer here I would have gone back again at a slightly less busy time to be able to really appreciate the place. The whole area was very busy, bustling, people selling from shops and the pavements.
This was one of the nicest markets I have been to and I have been to quite a few !!
Written 26 January 2020
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Como está funcionando o mercadão nessa data de fim de ano com São Paulo em vermelho novamente ? Da pra comer no local ?
Written 27 December 2020
Não sei te responder sobre isso. Mas alerto para tomar cuidado com as barracas de frutas. Principalmente a Barraca do Juca. Os vendedores de lá te enrolam e você pode ser "assaltado" sem nem perceber.
Written 28 December 2020
Thiago
Rio de Janeiro, RJ
Tenho uma conexão de 5h em Guarulhos. É num domingo. Alguem sabe dizer se dá tempo de ir até o mercado e voltar nesse tempo de espera da conexão? Obrigado.
Written 24 November 2020
O tempo é muito apertado e você teria que ir com as compras definidas na cabeça (se for apenas comer um sanduíche de mortadela daria tempo).
Recomendo fugir das barracas de frutas. Além de perder muito tempo, corre o risco de ser enrolado. Os vendedores manipulam as frutas oferecidas e, no final, você leva gato por lebre.
Written 24 November 2020
Olá pessoal! Alguém sabe informar como está o movimento nos finais de semana? Está muito aglomerado? Obrigado ;)
Written 25 September 2020
Olá sim de certa forma havia bastante gente , menor que o normal , mas não vejo isso como problemas . O problema está em ser enganado por vendedores de frutas NUNCA compre frutas , vai te cobrar 89,00 no kilo de uma mexerica ou 350 reais no kilo de um kwi. Nunca mesmo , as frutas impor-te-ás na verdade são selecionadas e você encontra bis melhores varejões , pós 15% do valor
Written 26 September 2020
Poderiam por favor me informar se abre hoje e amanhã e qual o horário?
Aceitam pets?
Written 6 September 2020
Acho melhor entrar em contato com o Mercado Municipal. Mas acredito que não é permitido a entrada e pet, uma vez que tem várias barracas espalhadas ao longo do mercado, e as pessoas provam algumas coisas, por isso que pet não são permitidos. Mas o melhor, é entrar em contato com a administração do mercado.
Written 8 September 2020
I don't think so based on the state government thought stores marketes will open by the end of april
Written 3 April 2020
Alguém sabe se está aberto hoje por conta das fortes chuvas de ontem?
Written 11 February 2020
Não, hoje estão em limpeza e organização, a feira de hoje está suspensa
Written 12 February 2020
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