Once a sleepy 1960s shopping market, Belo Horizonte’s Mercado Novo has reinvented itself as the city’s coolest nightlife and gastronomy hub — especially its buzzing second floor. Among the old shopfronts you’ll now find craft breweries, natural-wine bars, contemporary restaurants and traditional mineiro botecos pouring cachaça, many staying open until the small hours with live music. Gritty, creative and thoroughly local, it’s the heart of BH’s new bohemia — busiest Wednesday through Saturday.
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Mercado Novo, Rua Rio Grande do Sul 505, Belo Horizonte · market-turned-nightlife hub (2nd floor) · craft beer, natural wine, botecos · late