“Baixo” (pron. bye-shu) in the geo-cultural Carioca dictionary is an area of a neighbourhood where there is a significant concentration of bars, cafés and restaurants. A place where people go with the intention of grabbing a drink, whether stood at a bar, on the street or sat down somewhere a little more sophisticated; the place to be seen. If you imagine, they are the geographical manifestation of the Carioca spirit in a single area; the city’s modern take on bohemian. A place to go at any moment during the week, whether you want to see in the weekend early on a Thursday, see out the weekend on a relaxed Sunday afternoon, or grab pre-drinks before a night out. They are also great spots to catch the football! So check out the best baixos in Rio.
The first baixo in the city and the busiest in Zona Sul. The younger crowd of twenty-somethings tends to congregate in front of BG Bar. On Rua dos Oitis and Rua J.Roberto Macedo Soares you will find the trendies in their late twenties and above. Head to Braseiro for a good steak, Bar do Alemão for an ice-cold bottle of beer, Hipódromo for a draught beer and Japanese spots Sushimar and Pe’Ahi for canapés and cocktails. The liveliest days are Thursday and Sunday, and during university vacation you’ll find quite a crowd on Mondays too.
Here most of the pedestrian traffic is concentrated around the intersection between Rua Ataúlfo Paiva and Rua Arististides Espínola. The classic Pizzaria Guanabara is a favourite for Rio’s nocturnal population staying open until 5am. The street-style fashion outlet Void doubles up as a bar and has a great beer menu. Meanwhile nextdoor you have the traditional Bar Jobi with a slightly older crowd of punters in their 30s and above. For a late-night fix of food, BB Lanches offers tasty juices and one of the pastels in the city. In the environs, there is also Veloso, Belmonte, Brewteco (well known bar chains in Rio) and a cluster of restaurants on Rua Dias da Ferreira.
Stretching from the corner of Rua Bolívar and Rua Domingos Ferreira until Rua Ayres Saldanha is the heart of Copacabana’s buzz. There is a myriad of restaurant chains concentrated around the area including Belmonte, Boteco da Garrafa and Botequim Informal. There is also a plethora of restaurants specialising in foreign cuisine such as the Arab restaurant Stambul, the pizzeria Caravelle, open since 1960, and Lapamaki, a Japanese restaurant with a kilo buffet option that gives you the most bang for your buck. Zotbar, which is the most modern of all, is a gastropub with an excellent cocktails and wines menu and delightfully elaborate dishes.
At the far end of Rua Voluntarios da Patria, between Rua Nelson Mandela and Praia de Botafogo is the place to get together just as much for a post-work happy hour as is it is a spot to hang out well into the early hours of the morning. There are options for every kind of budget; from Durangos, super-busy and popular with the young crowd in search of bottled beer and cheap food, to the more sophisticated Rosa de Oura and Shooters boasting slightly more imaginative drinks.
Tijuca’s concentration of bars and restaurants centres around Praça Vanhargen and the roads that lead off it. The most famous bar is Buxixo where people get together to drink the bar’s famous beer towers. Next you have Rota 66 offering Tex-Mex cusine and an excellent drinks menu famous for its frozen cocktails. If you are looking for a hearty meal, Vikings is Tijuca’s gastronomic sensation with a variety of different hamburgers. Bar du Bom is a North Zone original and is known for its different flavoured croquettes meanwhile in Bar Bento you can’t go wrong with one of their excellent internationally-sourced craft beers.
Address
: Praça Varnhagen, , Tijuca
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