[QUOTE=TheCane;2699105]That's totally not true. One of the classic ways that people try to put Scandallo down is by saying that only mostly foreign tourists go there. If that were the case, then the place wouldn't survive. It needs a steady Brazilian clientele to survive. Every time I've been there it's almost all Brazilian men (and women of course). If you want to say tourists from other parts of Brazil OK, but otherwise it's through and through a Brazilian place patronized by Brazilian people. If somebody doesn't want to pay the price fine. But, there are plenty of other people, including Brazilians with money, who do. There was another well-known local who used to post here who would claim that the women look as good elsewhere for lower prices (another Scandallo put down tactic).[/QUOTE]I agree. Every time I have been there, all the guys are usually talking Portuguese and they even have their favorite girls they hang out with. Sitting at the bar right as you enter, you see the interaction between the guys and the girls they know. They are definitely locals and not tourists. There is absolutely no way tourists could keep a place open like Scandello.
As for the quality. I haven't been to the other places because I always seem to find what I am looking for at Scandello and don't see a need tk go somewhere else.
