Northeastern food
Carne de sol, tapioca.
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The Feira de São Cristóvão, officially the Luiz Gonzaga Centre of Northeastern Traditions, is a vast pavilion in São Cristóvão that brings the culture and trade of Brazil's Northeast to Rio, named after Luiz Gonzaga, «the King of Baião». It holds nearly 700 stalls of crafts, food and music and draws more than 300,000 people a month. The pavilion, designed by the architect Sérgio Bernardes, opened in 1962 to host an international industry and trade fair, and its column-free suspended roof won first prize for architecture and structure at the 1958 Brussels World's Fair. Decades later it became the home of the market of Northeasterners who had moved to Rio. People come for Northeastern dishes such as carne de sol (sun-dried beef), baião de dois (rice and beans) and tapioca, and for forró dancing. Some dishes contain pork, such as sarapatel, and many stalls sell alcohol, so ask before ordering. It opens Tuesday to Thursday 10:00-18:00 for free, Friday and Saturday from 10:00 to 4:00 the next morning, and Sunday 10:00-20:00, with R$10 entry Friday to Sunday; closed Mondays.
Carne de sol, tapioca.
Friday and Saturday.
A column-free roof.
Centro Luiz Gonzaga de Tradições Nordestinas, São Cristóvão, Rio de Janeiro
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