Hambúrguer de Valéria e ViníciosRio de Janeiro The couple was in debt to the last hair when they decided to bet everything – or rather, the borrowed 200 reais – on a box of hamburgers. “We were selling hot dogs, and the business wasn’t going anywhere. We decided to take a risk. We invested in…
Ari’s Quibe Of SoyRio de Janeiro “I have lived through history. I have actively participated in it since Getúlio Vargas’ suicide,” calculates Ari Gonçalves, 76 years old, born in Campos (RJ), “but a carioca at heart since I was fifteen when I moved to Rio.” While serving soybean kibbeh stuffed at Praia do Pepê, in…
Oliveira’s Hot DogRio de Janeiro Oliveira Ferreira da Silva swears he was the pioneer in using corn, peas, and shoestring potatoes in hot dogs. He claims that the latter was his invention in the 1980s: “I was successful with those broken potato chips on top of the sausage, and all the competition copied it. To…
