The #9 thing I love most about Brazil.........

The Mercado Municipal de São Paulo. This place is a place where some dreams can come true. Now Iknow that you either have to be an extreme fan of organic foods, Anthony Bourdain or Bologna to like this place. Yes you read that right, "Bologna". So that is where I will start. The Bologna sandwich should have it's own area code for the size of this thing and it should come with the surgeon general's warning label on this sucker. IT IS HUGE.

Should this be legal? I don't know but I sure hope that it stays legal. That is about 400 grams of bologna and some cheese all inside toasted french bread. After eating one of these things it might be best to fast for about a week.Seriously. This sandwich alone makes suffering through the São Paulo traffic and trying to find a parking place totally worth it. But this is not all the Mercado Municipal(MM) has to offer.


Having been established in 1933 the MM is a beautiful piece of architecture that all can admire. It is super organized inside where it is divided into streets. where you have plenty of stores that offer fresh fruit, meat or any kind of organic food you can think of. The MM was also one of Anthony Bourdain's stops on his show "No Reservations." If your hungry and you want to tour the real são paulo the Mercado Municipal is the way to go, plus you wont have to eat for another week.