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Hecho en México

We are freedom fighters
Children of intuition
Brothers of the spontaneous light
Lovers of magical intoxication
Romantic rebels
Knights of infinite spirals
We are fire
Water
Spirit
Earth
We are taste and art
We gather in us all senses
Running from stereotypes
Breaking prejudices
We are human in our heads
Bulls in our hearts
We are brothers, children and parents
Family
Blood of our blood
We are reason and irrationals
Poison and elixir
Shadow and light
We are naked and raw
Free!
We are CARNAL. Pleasure of the flesh and of the spirit. Proof of love, sign of confidence, a bet on the future. We are hijos of 100, people who grew up and built roots in the restaurants of 100 Maneiras’ group. We are brothers of blood, made of heart and soul, with wings to fly.

We are Mexican food, cocktails made with tequila and mezcal, we are minotaur and serpent, humans and divinities of the wind, the air and learning. We are masks and talismans, worshipers of the sun and the moon, of the sea and the earth, of origins and destinations, of traditions and contradictions. We are agave and chili, tacos and quesadillas, music and art.

We are a Mexican gastrobar, with no need for labels. We are guided by the curves of the Quetzalcoatl that winds across the ceiling, flying over our heads as we stroll around the space. Attracted by the masks hanging on the stone walls, peeled, naked, raw. Intrigued by the “free mythology” put on canvas by the artist of this-world-and-the-other, Carlito Dalceggio. We are deconstructed. Imperfect. We are free. Alive. Spicy. Salty. But also sweet.

“Libre” sparks like the light at the end of this tunnel. So that we don’t forget. So that we don’t fall asleep while life is in front of us. We want to dissolve the limits: of art, of food, of cocktail-making, of music, of video, of reality. We want an experience of life. Organic, iconographic and collective. Erotic, visceral. Carnal!
We want to abandon our ego(s), to celebrate the living and the dead, to live in a world of dreams, to build visions, to follow the rhythms of the universe, the sky, the sun, the moon.

It is a collective story that is told here. A great art installation, unique and organic, where food, drinks, music and arts merge as one. Where the antojitos, tacos, quesadillas, los principales and los dulces from the menu are “written” on hand-painted stoneware without rules or straight lines.

Where the tequila and mezcal-based cocktails combine the world of gastronomy with the universe of the bar in a gastronomical approach to classic mixology. Behind that huge wooden and terracotta counter, 10 signature cocktails have been created (in addition to mocktails, classics, spirits and beers) with ingredients such as shitake mushrooms, cacao, habanero, corn, celery bulb and beets, among many fruits and herbs, not so common on a bar menu but that shine here, without being limited by preconceptions, representing what is the motto of the space: “Libre”.
Creativity is associated with poverty, exhibiting necessity as the engine of inventiveness. Modesty is sprinkled with spice, to end up with shame. Products are imported from Mexico to glorify the land, to catapult the origins. And to shout with or without accent: we are free! Deliciously free.
Carlito Dalceggio

CARNAL opened on 20 November 2021 at 78 Rua da Misericórdia.
It has held a Bib Gourmand, a distinction awarded by the Michelin Guide, since 2023.
In April 2026, following a fire that devastated the premises, it moved to number 9 Largo da Trindade (where Bistro 100 Maneiras is also located).

Carlito
Dalceggio

“Inhabitant of planet Earth”, this is how Carlito Dalceggio defines himself, a “warrior of freedom” for whom borders make no sense. Even though he was born in Montreal, Canada, it is in Mexico, “one of the last truly free countries” in the world, where he finds his heart.
A contemporary artist, his work – a visual language that includes painted canvas, sculpture, video, installation, and public art murals – reflects the ease with which he moves between genres and cultures, with the aim of creating the mythology of our days.
At once folkloric and futuristic, his art is easily recognizable around the world, from Mexico City to Istanbul, passing through Paris, Bali, Indonesia, New York, India, Brazil, and Montreal. As influences, he recognizes Dia de los Muertos in Mexico, the whirling dervishes of Turkey, Persian calligraphy, the Beat poets, the search for the myth in art history, the COBRA movement, modernism, the Duende theory, and innovative jazz minds, such as Miles Davis and John Coltrane.

In his curriculum, he has collaborations with Cirque du Soleil, interventions such as the Caravan of Light, at Burning Man (USA), installations in Plaza Santo Domingo, in Mexico City, murals in Russia and Rio de Janeiro, and the co-creation of a mega labyrinth multimedia exhibition in Istanbul. In 2017, he was invited by the Mana Contemporary Art Centre, in New York, to open a studio that he converted into an art lab. One year later, he painted the sails of the Infinity boat, which traveled to the Arctic to warn about climate change, and made several performances in Miami and Tulum.

In 2019, he created “Mythologia Libre,” an installation in New York that is a manifesto for the liberation of the spirit. CARNAL was his first intervention in a restaurant and in Portugal.

Restaurante Carnal
Restaurante Carnal
Restaurante Carnal