The delicacies are highlighted on Wednesdays during the nights with lots of drinks and jazz. For those who don’t know Picco, the bar is one of the points in São Paulo to listen to good music and taste the best cocktails in the capital – and whoever says that are the bartenders themselves.
Picco is the right figure among cocktail professionals in the column of CNN Travel & Gastronomy, Where do Bartenders drink?which delivers – thus, with a kissed hand – the places frequented by this group.
Who has already referred here? Michel Felício, from Bottega21, Adriana Pino, from Flora Bar, among many others. To win over bartenders from other houses, the philosophy of the five partners is to exchange experiences.
“It’s something built over the years, we always visit other bars, participate in cocktail events, and we build a relationship. We believe in this exchange. We never thought of competition”, says one of the partners, Luis Siciliano.
The atmosphere is just like that at Picco, where everyone is welcome – and there is always room for one more. The house is small, at the back, an open patio is one of the most popular and even the sidewalk guarantees the fun of those who frequent the place.
You are served right there – if you are lucky, you can even eat inside the Kombi, which has become a kind of parklet or private table on the busiest days or during the performances of jazz trios, in the nightclubs with Brazilian music and the like. of the members – all young, in their “30s”, as Luis says.
Neapolitan pizzas aren’t just for good drinks, let’s be clear. Always protagonists, the flavors range from the most traditional, such as zucchini (Italian zucchini au gratin with Grana Padano cheese, R$50), and picco (spicy calabreza, caccio horse cheese in pieces, R$58). The dough is of natural fermentation, very thin, with thick edges and filling to measure.
The result of the accurate consultancy of the bartender’s father and partner Lula Mascella, Luiz Antonio Massela, who has had a successful pizzeria for 18 years in Vila Leopoldina and is now a gastronomic consultant.
The drinks list is large and to be able to decide – at least for the first one – it is good to talk to the friendly waiters of the house. Something lighter? The basilico active delivers what is ordered (rye whiskey, blended scotch, lemon and basil, R$35) or choose the classic old fashioned (R$35), which never fails.
Source: CNN Brasil
