Bar e Restaurante Urca, Seafood restaurant in Urca, Brazil.
Bar e Restaurante Urca is a restaurant with views of Guanabara Bay in Rio de Janeiro's South Zone. From its location, you can see boats, the bridge to Niterói, and planes landing at nearby Santos Dumont airport.
This establishment emerged in the mid-20th century as a gathering spot in the Urca neighborhood. It has kept its traditional recipes and service style through the decades.
The spot serves as a gathering place where locals eat and drink along the seawall following neighborhood tradition. Customers order at the counter and enjoy their meal in a relaxed social setting overlooking the water.
The restaurant is open daily and serves Brazilian dishes, seafood, and cold drinks at moderate prices. Service works on a self-service basis at the counter where you order your food.
While eating here you can watch fishing boats, cargo ships, and aircraft moving across the bay and sky. Sugarloaf Mountain forms the natural backdrop to this active water scene.
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