Drosophyla
Baroque chic with a charming garden, a resident cat and killer cocktails



Step just inside this anonymous doorway on a quiet street near Consolação and you’ve arrived at one of SP’s most venerable and bohemian late night imbibing spots. The highlight is the garden; a quirky space with mis-matched furniture, lights strewn from every vantage point and a shed that doubles up as the bar at the back. Owner Lillian Varella has decorated the main indoor bar with all manner of knick knacks and antiques though the drinks here are a more serious business with the basil caipirinha being a particularly fine reinvention of the de facto Brazilian national drink.
LATEST ARTICLES

The Shrinking of Art
While some numbers point to a flailing global art market, a closer look reveals the advent of a new generation of collectors – one who eschews large-scale paintings and sculptures in favour of readily portable pint-sized treasures with a more pocket-friendly price tag.

Dinner for One
If there was ever a stigma to dining solo, it’s a thing of the past – feasting all by oneself may just be the superior experience at these global eateries.

Party Like It’s 1925
From the loud and lavish to the quietly elegant, the one-time stomping grounds of Picasso, Hemingway and F Scott and Zelda Fitzgerald haven’t lost any of their lustre, says Lanie Goodman, who visits the nostalgia-tinged hot spots in the South of France