Gracioso Bar - Cais do Valongo

The main point of landing and trade of enslaved Africans in the Americas worked between 1811 and 1831, when transatlantic trafficking was prohibited. During this period, some one million people landed in Valongo to be sold and transported to various parts of the country. The site was revealed in 2011, during the archaeological excavations developed for the implementation of the “Maravilha Port” project. In 2017, UNESCO included Valongo on the list of world cultural heritage, for recognizing it “the most important physical evidence associated with the historic arrival of enslaved Africans on the American continent.”

There is the Gracious, bar and restaurant founded by Spanish in 1960, with the family in charge until today. The boss car are the dumplings (maize and shrimp!!!), but also the stew, the feijoada, the risole and a dish that is the face of Rio: filet à Oswaldo Spider (high mignon covered with fried garlic, served with rice and potatoes, for 2 or 3).

Gracious Bar

Address: Rua Sacadura Cabral, 97 - Saúde

Timetable: Opens daily at 11:30. Second to Sex, it works until 10:00. Sat, until 8:00. Dom, until 6:00.

Tel. (21) 2224-7554