Cafe Gaucho Don't put anything here Page Content Don't put anything here Page Name (for URL) Page Title Breadcrumb Text <~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ 2005-10-26-gaucho/20051026_002_2980 2005-10-26-gaucho/20051026_008_4729 2005-10-26-gaucho/20051026_010_4867 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ 2005-10-26-gaucho/20051026_011_3527 2005-10-26-gaucho/20051026_013_2795 2005-10-26-gaucho/20051026_014_1478 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~> I do most of my interviews downtown, in a space limited by just a few blocks, right around the place where Nila Peçanha, São Jose and Rio Branco come together. A block away from this intersection along São Jose there is a little "lanchonete" (snack bar) called "Cafe Gaucho." Gaucho refers to the state of Rio Grande do Sul, populated largely with German immigrants, and quite appropriately Cafe Gaucho offers sausages. They call it "cachorro quente" (hot dog), but they really are being very modest. Rather than a single frankfurter, the "hotdog" comes with three bona fide sausages, which taste pretty good too. Getting bread and sausages for lunch and washing it down with a beer reminded me of good times in Vienna last year. The ambiance of the place is very Brazilian, though: very animated, people drinking beer, talking. Very laid back. Just don't ask them for [espresso](http://www.freewisdom.org/en/rio/entries/2005/08/01/brazilian_espresso), though - last time I made this mistake I got a rather nasty look from the waiter and felt that such "elitism" wasn't welcome there. Don't put anything here Don't put anything here Advanced Fields Category 2002200320042005200620072008200920102011201220132014E. AsiaE. EuropeL's FamilyL's FriendsN. AmericaN. EuropeS. AmericaS. AsiaW. EuropeY & LY's FamilyY's Friends Prototype Redirect Permissions0 Actions Config Markup Module HTML/Meta/Keywords HTML/Meta/Description Save Hook HTML Fields Main Head Body Header Menu Logo Page Content Template Sidebar Footer Tags Allowed for XSSFilter HTTP Fields Cache-Control Expires Guru Fields Templates Translations Fields Edit UI Admin Edit UI A summary of your changes Edit Summary Don't put anything here Don't put anything here save preview cancel
