The World’s 100 Best Food Markets
Mercado Central de Belo Horizonte
Belo Horizonte, Brazil
Top 10No. 1 in Latin America

An indoor market in the centre of Belo Horizonte, selling cheese, sweets, spices, crafts and clothing. Bars at the entrances serve liver with jiló, and Ponto da Empada sells eggplant pie.
Highlights
- Minas cheese, dulce de leche
- Liver with jiló
- Cheese bread at Comercial Sabiá
Good to know
- Busiest on Saturdays
- Parking on site, not expensive
- Eat at the bars by the entrances

