Restaurant Mirante Rocinha

Observe the Cristo Redentor, the Pão de Açúcar, the Lagoa Rodrigo de Freitas and some neighborhoods in the south of Rio de Janeiro. All this by tasting a contemporary gastronomy with chef signature and a good drink. Did you? Because this scenario is Mirante Rocinha, a privileged (and free) observation point with a homonymous bar, with access via the Road of Gávea, in the locality 199. The Mirante is eight minutes from the Shopping of Gávea, with easy access through the South Zone by bus, vans and taxis, which leave the public ahead. But it does not end there: the arrival of the tourist polo is redesigning the leisure scenario of the community, since entrepreneurs, created in Rocinha, began the reform of Vila Cruzada Square and the football field, both next to the Mirante.

The idea of the creation of the polo came from Paulo Roberto Costa, owner of the hostel Cinha Feliz, and other entrepreneurs, who have been working with tourism and cultural production in Rocinha for over a decade, and took into account the old claims of the residents. Therefore, Vila Cruzada Square undergoes a complete revitalization performed by Mirante Rocinha. Much of the reform has already been funded, but the group seeks to implement toys, a senior academy and other items that can benefit those living in the community. The football field also gained attention: the clay field, now a polysportive court. The newest scenario of Rio de Janeiro culture aims for the chancellor of Rio Tour and is authorized by the City Hall of Rio de Janeiro.

The Rocinha View was designed with two floors: the ground floor has a deck with tables and a homonymous bar, from which you can have access to the view for free. On the second floor, after the work of
expansion, there will be a higher observation point, with an access ladder at street level. The bathrooms will also be of free use, which is a differential, since guides and tourists do not have this service when arriving for the tour in the community.

"The Rocinha Mirante is a project where everyone wins. Both Rio de Janeiro, which will have a new tourist, cultural and gastronomic point, and the more than 20,000 families of Rocinha, which today do not have a good leisure space. At the same time, visitors arrive in Rocinha wanting to know what our experience is like, so we believe we will improve the vision that tourists have of the community with a new infrastructure," says Renan Alves, a cultural producer and one of the developers.

Craft Fair

In addition to the Mirante, the traditional Craft Fair, which takes place just above, wins fixed tents - an old desire of artisans - and stools for visitors. Just above where the lookout is located, there is a traditional craft fair 18 years ago, yet another reason why the cultural point has always attracted the attention of the public. The social project, in addition to better organizing the fair, built new tents for artisans, who suffered for years to carry their goods up and down, because they never had suitable place for
Keep them. With the new tents (fixed), at the end of a working day, these serve as a deposit. On site also banks are being installed for visitors.

History of Rocinha

Rocinha is a community located in the South Zone of Rio de Janeiro, and stands out for being the largest in Latin America (IBGE), with about 70,000 inhabitants (last census). The region became a neighborhood and was delimited by Law No. 1 995 of June 18, 1993, with changes in the boundaries of the neighborhoods of Gávea, Vidigal and São Conrado.
The community originated in the division into farms of the former Quebra-kangalha Farm, coffee producer. Acquired by Portuguese and Spanish immigrants, they became, by the 1930s, a vegetable supplier center for the fair of the Santos Dumont Square, in the Gávea, which supplied the city's South Zone. To the most curious residents about the origin of the products, the sellers informed that they came from a "rocinha" located in the upper Gávea neighborhood. In 1938, the Road of the Gávea was asphalted, becoming the place where the "circuit of the baratinha" took place. In the 1940s, the process of occupation was accelerated by people who believed to be those public lands, that is, without owner. From the 1950s, there was an increase in migration of northeasterns to Rio de Janeiro, directed in part to Rocinha. In the 1960s and 1970s, there was a new expansion outbreak, now due to the opening projects of the Rebouças and Dois Irmão tunnels, which contributed to a greater offer of jobs in the region. Since the 1970s, the community has made the first progress, as a result of demands to the public authorities, such as the implementation of day care centers, schools, local newspaper, catwalk, ditch plumbing, post office, administrative region etc. The first health center was created in 1982, with much effort from the residents, through the initiative of the local priest, who offered the community a Christmas present.

It's interesting to remember that the first light wasn't electric. The people say that a knight crossed Rocinha lighting the lanterns of small houses. Later, energy booths were implanted that made the distribution to the nearest families. Later, commissions of light (Barcelos and Rocinha) were installed. The Catholic Church, in partnership with the pastoral of favelas, pressured Light S.A. to deploy electricity in communities and Rocinha was one of the first beneficiaries. In 2010, the neighborhood won a pedestrian walkway, the Passarela da Rocinha, designed by architect Oscar Niemeyer and connecting the community to the sports complex, located on the other side of the Lagoa-Barra motorway. On November 13, 2011, Rocinha was the scene of a major operation conducted by the Brazilian Armed Forces and the state police. The objective was to resume the territory of the hands of drug traffickers, aiming to prepare the ground for the future installation of the twenty-eighth Peacekeeper Police Unit of the city. On September 20, 2012, the community was served by the 28th UPP
With the staff of 700 police officers. The community has 80 surveillance cameras to help police in community security.

Gastronomy

• Mirante Rocinha is committed to good gastronomy and cocktails, with the aim of making the
  moments of your customers on site as unforgettable as possible.
• What can improve a beautiful view with friends and good music? That's right, good food and good drinks!
• The gastronomy of Mirante Rocinha is contemporary, offering the most current and following the trends
  of this strict sector.
• It has executive chef ahead of the menu.

Training courses

Strengthening its commitment to local revitalization, Mirante is building partnerships with institutions within Rocinha offering English courses for Ramo entrepreneurs and young people who want to join the tourist business in the community.

Mirante Rocinha believes that education is the best way to transform local reality.

Creation of tour and new sights

New sights are being created in the communities, such as the insertion of graffiti, signboards, among others, as an objective to contribute to the tourist center.
It is organizing the tour sale to meet the largest community in Latin America.

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