On Cocktail Day, find out where to find good drinks for up to R$25 in SP

This Saturday, the 13th, World Cocktail Day is celebrated. According to the specialized publication Difford’s Guide, it was on that date, in 1806, that a New York newspaper published the first known definition of the word cocktail.

Five days later, on May 18, another Cocktail Day is celebrated — an event created in 2016 by associations of beverage companies and bartenders in Portugal and which was incorporated by Brazilians, since there is no official date on the calendar.

In the capital of São Paulo, the mission to enjoy the week without weighing so much on your pocket is not easy. A quick look at bar charts shows drinks that reach R$130 a glass.

But it is possible to drink well without spending so much and find drinks for up to R$ 25, among authorial and classic recipes. Discover ten options below.

Anti

The bar offers three drinks for R$24 a glass. Colibri is prepared with rum, orgeat —almond-based syrup—, ginger, orange and lemon. Campari tonic has Campari, tonic and orange, and gin and tonic combines Sicilian lemon.
Av. Nova Cantareira, 4473, Tucuruvi, north region, @bar.anti

Ferry

The bar, which features music and parties, offers a Cynar tonic for R$23, and a bombeirinho, made with cachaça, hibiscus syrup and Sicilian lemon, for R$25.
R. Cap. Salomão, 26, Centro, @a_balsa

Flag Flag

The house prepares cocktails for up to R$34. Among the signature cocktails are the Sapatrícia (R$22), made with vodka, cranberry liqueur and lemon, and the Larissinha (R$24), with gin, passion fruit, Angostura and molasses. . On the classic menu, the negroni costs R$22.
R. Sousa Lima, 81, Barra Funda, west region, @bandeirabandeirabar

bao bar

On the affordable drinks menu are the chevebao, which costs R$18 and is prepared with black cachaça, vanilla syrup with lemon and coconut ice. Check-mate includes rum, mate tea, guarana and lemon juice for R$22.
R. Dr. Cesário Mota Júnior, 277, Vila Buarque, central region, @baobarsp

cazeco

There are three drink options for R$25. The gossip has vodka, gossip, ginger syrup, lemon and tonic. The caldicana mixes black cachaça, sugarcane juice, lemon juice and ginger syrup. Zeco has acerola juice, vodka and orange syrup.
R. Barão do Bananal, 246, Pompeia, west region, @cazecosp

das

At the bar, fitzgerald is assembled with organic gin, lemon juice, sugar syrup and angostura bitters. It costs R$25. For the same price, you can try the Negroni (gin, Campari and vermouth).
R. Fortunato, 133, Vila Buarque, central region, @bar.das.sp

At first

With a classic bar menu, the house run by Júlia Tricate and Gabriel Coelho serves caipirinhas with one or three lemons with cachaça for R$22. Tubaina Libre has tubaína and aged rum for R$25. .
R. Aspicuelta, 271, Vila Madalena, west region, @deprimeira. botequim

bluster

One of the bar’s suggestions is macunaíma, which costs R$24 and combines aged cachaça, sugar syrup and aniseed bitters, a type of herb.
R. Santa Isabel, 149, Vila Buarque, central region, @escarceubar

Damage

From the same owners of bar Trago, the address sells checkmate for R$18, gin and tonic for R$24 and beat (paçoca, coconut or passion fruit) for R$20.
R. Sousa Lima, 151, Barra Funda, west region, @es.trago_bar

Physics

The menu includes three drinks for R$20. Olívia bitter is made with white wine, artichoke liqueur, Sicilian lemon, olive brine and orange bitter. The quiridin has white rum, Tahiti lime and Abadia elixir, and the Americano Campari, vermouth and club soda.
R. Treze de Maio, 798, Bela Vista, central region, @fiica.sp

bowl

The bar and its annex serve drinks at friendly prices, such as rabo de galo (cachaça, Cynar and vermouth), for R$18. The gin and tonic with red fruit tea costs R$24 and the cashew and rapadura caipirinha with vodka or cachaça, R$ 20.
R. Conselheiro Nébias, 1.531, Campos Elíseos, central region, @botecogode

throat bar

Among the most affordable cocktails are the Cynar tonic (R$25), which includes Sicilian lemon. The caipirinha is made with cachaça or vodka plus lime for R$24.
R. Fidalga, 396, Vila Madalena, west region, @goelabar

Ixe Sandwiches

New in Pompeia, the place prepares sandwiches and drinks at good prices. Macunaíma costs R$20 and contains Ixe cachaça, fernet, lemon and sugar. Caipirinhas cost R$20 and are made with Ixe cachaça or Atlantis vodka, plus fruit and sugar.
R. Cotoxó, 404, Pompeia, west region, tel. (11) 99739-5185, @ixesanduiches

Window Bar

All cocktails have a fixed price of R$18. Among them are the highlander, made with whiskey, tangerine syrup, lemon juice and ginger soda, and the ball of fire, with Bacco Fire -vodka and cinnamon liqueur- -, passion fruit syrup, lemon juice and ginger soda.
R. Serra de Bragança, 610, Vila Gomes Cardim, east region, @janelabar.brasil

Noname Boteco

Known for its affordable prices, it serves options like the bombeirinho (R$23), made with Tahiti lime, grenadine, hibiscus syrup and cachaça, and the negroni (R$25), with gin, vermouth and Campari. The mimosa combines sparkling wine and orange juice for R$23.
R. Mourato Coelho, 628, Pinheiros, west region, @nonameboteco

picco

The daiquiri is the cheapest drink on the menu and the only one for R$25. The drink is made with Havana club rum, lime and simple syrup. The address is on Discovery’s 50 Best list, which indicates bars that received expert votes from the awards.
R. Lisboa, 294, Pinheiros, west region, @o.picco

Ref.

It serves pub classics at affordable prices. Here, checkmate costs R$13 and rabo de galo for R$20. Maria mole, for R$19, mixes cognac, white vermouth and bitters.
R. Barão de Joatinga, 36, Vila Buarque, central region, @ref.sp

Shiba market

The trendy spot in Pinheiros also has affordable drinks. In the wing of those that cost R$ 19.99 are Pikachu, made with cachaça, green apple syrup, tangerine, blue curaçau and mango energy drink, and Naruto, with rum, pear syrup and lemon.
R. Cunha Gago, 559, Pinheiros, west region, @shiba.market

steel bar

Beers are the specialty of the house, which has a rock decor and a tattoo studio. But it is possible to find on the cocktail menu the cuba libre, for R$25, and caipirinhas for prices of R$22 to R$25.
Al. dos Jurupis, 1796, Moema, south region, @steelbarsp

Land

In trendy Barra Funda, it serves suggestions like the daiquiri (R$25), with rum, lemon and simple syrup. The vermouth and tonic can be combined with açaí, cashew or blackberry for R$22 a glass.
R. Brigadeiro Galvão, 321, Barra Funda, west region, @terr3no