Editing Belo Horizonte (section)

===Food and drink===

The regional Minas Gerais' food and the now internationally known drink of [[cachaça]] are very popular and highly rated in the capital.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.world66.com/southamerica/brazil/belohorizonte/nightlife_and_ente |title=Regional food and drink BH |website=World66.com |date=September 25, 2006 |access-date=2011-04-17 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110514112839/http://www.world66.com/southamerica/brazil/belohorizonte/nightlife_and_ente |archive-date=May 14, 2011 |url-status=dead  }}</ref>

Belo Horizonte is internationally known as the "capital of neighborhood bars."<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.boagastronomia.com.br/ |title=Cuisine in Belo Horizonte |website=Belotur.com.br |access-date=2011-04-17 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181229214315/https://www.boagastronomia.com.br/ |archive-date=December 29, 2018 |url-status=dead  }}</ref>

Every year since 1999, the city hosts the Comida di Buteco festival ("Pub Foods", in an approximate translation), in which a panel selects 41 bars to be visited, and then elects the one with the best appetizers using the theme ingredient of each year.

The Festival is so successful that its brand was already sold to other 21 regions in Brazil (Belém, Belo Horizonte, Brasília, Campinas, Curitiba, Florianópolis, Fortaleza, Goiás, Juiz de Fora, Manaus, Montes Claros, Poços de Caldas, Porto Alegre, Recife, Ribeirão Preto, Rio de Janeiro, Salvador, São José do Rio Preto, São Paulo, Uberlândia e Vale do Aço).

The neighborhoods and areas of Savassi, Lourdes, Mercado Central, Santa Tereza and Pampulha concentrate most of the city's restaurants and bars.<ref>[https://guia.melhoresdestinos.com.br/restaurantes-em-belo-horizonte-203-2585-p.html Restaurants and bars in BH]</ref>