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No. 47 in the world · November 2026
Ponto Chic (Largo do Paissandu)
No. 47The one to order
The bauru: roast beef, tomato, pickle and a melted four-cheese blend in a French roll
The bar that invented the bauru in the 1930s, still in the building on the Largo do Paissandu where it opened in 1922; the recipe is written into the law of the city of Bauru.
Make it at home
The bauru, São Paulo's roast beef and melted cheese sandwich
25 min (with cooked roast beef) · 2 sandwiches. Chef's home version of the bauru, invented in the 1930s at Ponto Chic in São Paulo: thin rare roast beef, tomato and pickle in a French roll, with a blend of cheeses melted in a pan with water until it pours like fondue.
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