Restaurante Prata

In Town Dining in Águas da Prata

"Come to taste the best home cooked food and appreciate the wonderful landscape that only Águas da Prata has to offer"

Food by kilo - Self Service - Marmitex -
Take-Out - Drinks in general

This Restaurante Prata is in the heart of Águas da Prata, near the train station on the main highway to Campinas and Poços de Caldas. Therefore there is a lot of traffic passing by all the time. Truckers call ahead and have them prepare lunch to be picked up as they pass by.




The parking lot is small and sometimes difficult to get out of when traffic is heavy. We parked here this day.




Judy walks towards the front door.





The building is long and narrow.




It curves around the corner towarsds the train tracks.






It is a very popular restaurant with excellent food. We eat here often.




The food is at the far end in self serve tables.




The steam table is large with a variety of choices of delicious Brasilian dishes.




The food changes little so you always know what to expect.




You can take as much as you want of whatever you want as often as you want.




But, then you take your plate to this Senhora and she weighs it and bills you per kilo.





You can see her in this photo filling an order for someone who called in.





The dessert table has a variety if very sweet dishes. This is sweet potato candy.





This is milk candy.





This is peanut candy.




This is a light milk pudding in syrup.





This is a popular dish, milk cream.





This photo finaly reveals a secret. Have you every wondered where Santa Claus went in the summer (in Canada)? He was seen here in the kitchen. Now I know!




There is a large bar for those who like a drink.




There is seating for about 70 people in the restaurant.



This is an outdoor patio. It seems like a good idea however with all the heavy truck, bus and car traffic it actually is an unpleasant place to sit so they no longer use it.




Here is Judy paying the bill. The food is quite economical. It usually costs us about $R20,00 for the two of us. That is about Cdn$10.00.



Whenever we want a break from the daily routine we just come here and enjoy a good meal. The Restaurante Prata is only six blocks from our home.




Photos by Urso Branco