thin-crust pizza is a national favorite, with each city having its own specialties and exotic pizza combinations - one main difference between pizzas prepared around the world, and pizza prepared carioca style, is that pizza in rio de janeiro does not have a lot of tomato sauce.

in fact, typical pizzas, no matter what the toppings may be, have lots of cheese but almost no tomato sauce - it is common to see cariocas pour a small quantity of ketchup on top of their pizza.

pizza connoisseurs, looking for more international style pizza, rich in tomato sauce, will have to specific restaurants - we listed a few in our pizza section.