Bar Urca
Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
The read// why locals go
Bar Urca is where the neighbourhood drinks facing the water — a bar on Rua Cândido Gaffrée whose real dining room is the sea wall opposite. The ritual is simple and entirely Carioca: order petiscos and a cold chopp at the counter, carry them across the road, and sit on the mureta with your feet over the bay while the light goes down behind the hills. Urca is a quiet residential pocket below Sugarloaf, which keeps the crowd local. Around R$45 covers snacks and beer. Nothing about the place is designed; the view does the work, and the bar has had the sense to stay out of its way for decades.
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Rua Cândido Gaffrée 205, 22290-240 — Rio de Janeiro
The read// why locals go
Bar Urca is where the neighbourhood drinks facing the water — a bar on Rua Cândido Gaffrée whose real dining room is the sea wall opposite. The ritual is simple and entirely Carioca: order petiscos and a cold chopp at the counter, carry them across the road, and sit on the mureta with your feet over the bay while the light goes down behind the hills. Urca is a quiet residential pocket below Sugarloaf, which keeps the crowd local. Around R$45 covers snacks and beer. Nothing about the place is designed; the view does the work, and the bar has had the sense to stay out of its way for decades.