Fun and entertainment Rio De Janeiro

For Samba and Bossa lovers, the mere fact of presenting this bar may seem like nonsense. For almost fifty years, this bar in the heart of Copacabana has been one of the high places of the samba. Opened in 1968 by Alfredino to allow left-wing people to meet and forget the persecutions of the military, the Bip Bip continues since then to brighten the carioca nights. Numerous quality bands play there in the middle of a crowd of regulars and some tourists. A real neighborhood boteco where people support Lula. To know, inevitably.

Pedra do Sal is a historical and religious monument, and above all an unmissable place of celebration. It is the heart of the Afro culture of the descendants of slaves in Rio, where musicians, samba and chorinho singers meet directly in the street. Every Monday (old worker's day off) samba rodas attract a crowd of dancers and party people, who come to drink a beer and eat a Brazilian dish. The place is very charming, in the middle of small colonial houses, cobbled streets and street art frescoes. The neighborhood is not very safe.

Opened in 1919 and classified as a heritage site in 2011, the Bar Do Gomes is an institution in Santa Teresa. The regulars come there to have a drink with friends, standing on the sidewalk. One quickly blends in this composite crowd mixing inhabitants of the district and visitors. The caipirinhas arepreparedwith one of the many cachaças on the menu. In this old-fashioned decor, you will discover bottles piled up to the ceiling, beautiful mosaics on the floor and warm waiters.

Discovered thanks to our friend Laurent, the Baixo Gago is a real institution in the Laranjeiras neighborhood since 1940. It is both a classic neighborhood bar and one of the best botecos in the city. The petiscos here are excellent and are regular winners in the "comida de boteco" competitions. The menu offers a happy mix of traditional and creative petiscos. The meat and bacalhau croquettes are to die for! The mixed North American churrasco is enough for 4 people. Good IPA or classic beers.

The mythical Garota de Ipanema bar is the place where the most famous Brazilian song, Garota de Ipanema, was written and composed by AntônioTom Jobim and Vinícius de Moraes, the hit that made bossa nova known to the world. In addition to the historical aspect that justifies at least having a drink, the pasteis are excellent to taste on the way back from the beach. The clientele is mostly composed of tourists, but some old Ipanema regulars meet there in the quiet afternoons of weekdays. It is an ideal place to observe the life of the neighborhood.

One of the few bars in Urca, a small magical neighborhood at the foot of the Sugarloaf. This establishment with immense bay windows that embrace the bay of Guanabara and Christ the Redeemer offers an inevitably bewitching frame. If we add to this the spirit of the place, we understand that there is no need for anything else to find in the sunset and its caipirinha a dimension that is not found anywhere else in the world. You can sip your drink inside or along the promenade along the bay, as the Cariocas do.

The Trapiche Gamboa is one of the sure values of the samba ("the" samba say the sambistas cariocas). Le Trapiche Gamboa is a samba club in a superb property dating from 1867 and completely renovated. On the ground floor, there is the stage and many tables in the heart of the atmosphere of the samba ao vivo (excellent samba roda on Saturday night). The show can be enjoyed here over a good cold beer or a dish. Upstairs, a more intimate and quiet space to nibble some pasteis while watching the sambistas !

Some will say that you don't go to Rio to discover Irish pubs, but they know that Italian restaurants and Irish pubs are places that universally guarantee a certain quality of service. Shenigan's is a real Irish pub, crowded on weekends, where the beer flows freely, in the spirit of both Temple Bar and Carioca. The clientele is very cosmopolitan, composed of tourists and young Cariocas. Live music from Wednesday to Saturday. Big atmosphere on the days of the VI nations rugby matches.

As its name indicates, an Irish pub typical and quite quiet. Good address to enjoy a soccer match!

Influence US in this bar to the wide choice of beer! Nice service, and a good card to snack on the terrace, facing Praça Gal. Osório.

Santa Teresa's offer is rich and varied. The Simplesmente bar is one of those small establishments that delight people simply by being there and having that little extra soul, precisely because they are simple, just like everyday life, in Rio de Janeiro or elsewhere. It's a little bar just the way we like them. Quiet, relaxed, nonchalant service, ao vivo music from time to time(roda de samba on Sunday evenings). Feijoada, good little pizzas for the peckish. Santa Teresa, that's what it's all about!

The Arco de Teles is one of the most lively areas of the center in the evening to have a drink. You can get there from Praça XV de Novembro, through a portal in the shape of an arch (the eponymous Arco do Teles). From Wednesday onwards, the place is packed like an egg. The pedestrian streets are invaded by bar tables and many people drink standing up for lack of space. Several bars-discotheques operate in this street. The setting of this street is used in many historical films that present Rio in the ^19th or early ^20th century.

In this pleasant neighborhood of Humaita, near the pacified favela of Santa Marta, you can go to the Cobal. Just as the Scenarium becomes a nightclub at night after being an antique store during the day, the Cobal transforms itself at the end of the day. A fruit and vegetable market place during the day, this place becomes an extremely lively place at night. Agglomeration of small bars and restaurants next to each other, the Cobal is very frequented by the Cariocas and some tourists who look for authenticity.

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Successful for several years, the restaurants of Juca (the inescapable character of Rio) will bring you the conviviality and guarantee of traditional Portuguese and Brazilian cuisine. Located in the inescapable areas of Rio and each under a different name, they all have a common point: quality and friendliness.

In Pinheiros, the Taberna do Juca, a facility for up to people, is a compulsory stopover for your evenings. In a festive atmosphere you will enjoy a wonderful petiscos with a good caipirinha. You can also enjoy a larger dish as a delicious carne do soil has moda da casa or a bacalhau a Portuguesa. Note that all the main dishes are very rich and are served for two gourmands.

A few metres from the Taberna, the Boteko do Juca opened its doors at the beginning of the year. A great deal of success for this restaurant on several floors. In a successful setting, you will find the atmosphere and the quality of the dishes that make the famous Établissements establishments with live music.

Four other restaurants await you in Laranjeiras. The Adega do Juca (R. Gago Coutinho, 37), a family-run house and a classic Portuguese kitchen, often awarded for the quality of its dishes and its authenticity, will make you discover a rich and varied map. In the same street, at No. 51, you will be at the merry Festif Gago Cervejaria, a very good jelly chope with petiscos. At 24 rua Alice, the Bar do Serafim, frequented by Brazilian celebrities, is the rendezvous of Carioca youth. On the menu, let yourself be tempted by rice to squid. At No. 336 rua das Laranjeira, the Churrasqueiras Toca do Juca has just opened its doors to offer, as its name indicates, a multitude of varieties of meat. Whether you're in Pinheiros or Laranjeiras, you'll find a bar or restaurant belonging to Juca and it will be for you to enjoy a very good evening, discovering authentic traditional cuisine in Rio de Janeiro. To attend without moderation.

The foundation of this Academia was intended to make the diversity of cachaças known. The wager was successful since more than three hundred different cachaças are available there! A real invitation to come and discover this sugar cane brandy, an integral part of the Brazilian cultural heritage. The staff is extremely friendly, the atmosphere is relaxed, almost family, one would think, it is said, in the Northeast of Brazil, with a carioca accent in addition. Here you can taste the legendary caipirinha or one of its countless variations.

Lavradio Street is a landmark of Rio's nightlife and samba. The Mangue Seco cachaçaria has become one of the most popular spots for sambistas and fans of futebol matches. This samba club has a bar offering over a hundred different cachaça labels, including Mangue Seco, named after a Bahian beach. You can also enjoy a few dishes of caranguejos (crabs) or Bahian dishes of fairly good quality. Upstairs, there's samba and choro ao vivo in a warm, typical setting.

The Clube dos Democraticos seems to take us back to other times, to another Rio before modernity and emergence. It's a huge ballroom from another era (the place was inaugurated more than 150 years ago, in 1867!) where loudspeakers play to the rhythm of the samba or the forro nordestin. In an Art Deco setting, you can wiggle your hips like the devil! Ideal for those who want to dance: no way, you have to get on the dance floor! Long queues at the weekend, so it's better to arrive early.

The decoration is inspired by the famous English pubs, a London phone booth at the entrance. If the prospect of getting involved in a crowd of Anglo-Saxon tourists and Residents does not stop you, you will certainly enjoy a good evening, the charm of the change of scenery! This is the ideal place to play darts with a Guinness or Foster's. Wednesday is one of the most successful days: It's the Quiz Night, where you'll be taking part in the famous question/Answer game with the $ 50 R consumption to win. The servers speak English, a boon for those who are cold with Portuguese!