Rio de Janeiro - 2017: The Food Enthusiast’s Complete Restaurant Guide

By Andrew Delaplaine

There are many people who are enthusiastic about food—the cooking of it, the preparation of it, the serving of it, and let’s not forget the eating of it.

But Andrew Delaplaine is the ultimate Food Enthusiast.

This is another of his books with spot-on reviews of the most exciting restaurants in town. Some will merit only a line or two, just to bring them to your attention. Others deserve a half page or more. 

“Exciting” does not necessarily mean expensive. The area’s top spots get the recognition they so richly deserve (and that they so loudly demand), but there are plenty of “sensible alternatives” for those looking for good food handsomely prepared by cooks and chefs who really care what they “plate up” in the kitchen.

For those with a touch of Guy Fieri, Delaplaine ferrets out the best food for those on a budget. That dingy looking dive bar around the corner may serve up one of the juiciest burgers in town, perfect to wash down with a locally brewed craft beer.

Whatever your predilection or taste, cuisine of choice or your budget, you may rely on Andrew Delaplaine not to disappoint.

Delaplaine dines anonymously at the Publisher’s expense. No restaurant listed in this series has paid a penny or given so much as a free meal to be included.

Bon Appétit!

• Language: English
• Publisher: Gramercy Park Press
• Release date: Sep 19, 2016
• ISBN: 9781533769602

Andrew Delaplaine

Delaplaine lives on South Beach, Miami’s Billion Dollar Sandbar. He writes in widely varied fields: screenplays, novels (adult and juvenile) and journalism. He also has a series of Long Weekend Guides covering some 50 cities around the world. Email: [e-mail] He writes several series: The “JACK HOUSTON ST. CLAIR” political thriller novels. “THE ADVENTURES OF SHERLOCK HOLMES IV,” a series of novels starring the great-great-grandson of the famous consulting detective. “THE ANNALS OF SANTOPIA” series, an epic that follows a Santa born in 1900 through to his death 82 years later. The AMOS FREEMAN police thrillers. Other novels: “The Trap Door” follows a boy who is taken back in time to 1594 and Shakespeare’s Globe Theatre. “The Meter Maid Murders,” a comic look at a detective trying to nab a serial killer on South Beach who only murders meter maids. Has written and directed three features (one doc, two narrative features), as well as several short films and won several awards for his film work. (See imdb.com for details).  His latest film, “Meeting Spencer,” starring Jeffrey Tambor, won the prestigious Milan International Film Festival Award for Best Screenplay.  DELAPLAINE’S “LONG WEEKEND” GUIDES These no-nonsense guides contain Delaplaine’s recommendations and advice for travelers visiting these places for 3 or 4 days. As "The Food Enthusiast," he writes a series of restaurants guides, updated annually. He has no hobbies.

Book preview

RIO DE JANEIRO

2017

The Food Enthusiast’s

Complete Restaurant Guide

Andrew Delaplaine

––––––––

Andrew Delaplaine is the Food Enthusiast.

When he’s not playing tennis,

he dines anonymously

at the Publisher’s (sometimes considerable) expense.

––––––––

Gramercy Park Press

New York – London - Paris

Copyright © by Gramercy Park Press - All rights reserved.

––––––––

Please submit corrections, additions or comments to [e-mail]

––––––––

The Food Enthusiast’s

Complete Restaurant Guide

Table of Contents

Introduction

Getting Around

The A to Z Listings

Ridiculously Extravagant

Sensible Alternatives

Quality Bargain Spots

Nightlife

––––––––

Other Books by the Food Enthusiast

INTRODUCTION

Rio is a vast city, with so much variety that you could spend a lifetime exploring it and still not have discovered all its wonders. 

Until recently, Rio has had an image (justified) as being a very dangerous place to visit. But with the impending arrival of the Olympics (2016) and the World Cup (2014), the natives (called Cariocas) have worked hard to clean up their act. Gangs have been forced to move further inland away from popular spots closer to the beaches and the murder rate has plummeted.

VISA

You will need a visa to go to Brazil. $180 good for 10 years. It’s worth it. You’ll be going back if you go once and have a few Capirinhas. And find out why they call it Cidade Maravilhosa.

HISTORY

On January 1st, 1502 a Portuguese ship under the command of Gaspar de Lemos  first arrived in Guanabara Bay, thus giving the place the name of January River or Rio de Janeiro.  Legend