São Paulo #go: Lunch and concert at an old music palace in downtown
Colorful décor from past decades, eight musicians playing Cuban music and tasty Brazilian food. Last Saturday’s good surprise was lunch at Casa de Francisca (Francisca’s house) in old Downtown São Paulo.
Retro décor and music inspiration at Casa de Francisca
Installed in a recently restored palace from 1910, called Palacete Teresa, the building used to host São Paulo’s first instrument shop, a music publisher and a radio station back in the golden age of radio. All of this made the address known as “São Paulo’s musical corner”.
Casa de Francisca opened its door in this famous corner 7 months ago – after 10 years at another neighborhood. The musical curatorship is as good as the food and the great atmosphere. It was beautiful to see people from all ages enjoying a lazy Saturday lunch with Banda Quimbará performance and drinks.
Charming saloon and restaurant – what about this movie audience kinda tables?
Banda Quimbará and its lively music performed with guitar, trumpet, sax, piano, contrabass and other Latin instruments and percussion
Tasty food – in the photo you have ceviche, crispy sweet potato and a Brazilian dish with ribeye and other local ingredients (too hard to translate)
Banda Quimbará played Latin music, traveling around the Caribbean with traditional Cuban rhythms, Colombian cumbia and salsa from Puerto Rico. The performance honored all the musical fame the palace collects from the beginning of the century. It was a fun and different lunch – one of those findings you feel like telling everyone to go.
Entrance from the building projected by German architect Augusto Fried in 1910
Chandelier at the bar
Casa de Francisca
Rua Quintino Bocaiúva, 22 - Sé
São Paulo - SP - Brazil
Hi @camgog, I keep hearing different opinions about whether the Portuguese speaking Brazilians can understand the Spanish spoken elsewhere in South America. I was wondering if it is like the difference between Chinese and Cantonese being different dialects or Japanese and Korean having similar grammar but very different languages?
Hey! We can understand Spanish if they speak slow. But the other way around isn't true. For some reason, Latin Americans that speak Spanish have a hard time understanding Portuguese. But the languages are different and in order for us Brazilians to be fluent in Spanish it takes a while - but it is waaay easier than learning another language such as English or German. Too confusing? haha. Where u from?
No, not confusing at all if you can understand why. I have a Japanese Brazilian friend and most people are surprised to know that many Brazilian speak Japanese. But look a little bit further into the history and you'll see that many Japanese were relocated (won't go into the story here) and have since settled there (as you probably know). I forgot that I changed my profile information so where I am from is not obvious :p I am in Australia at the moment but I hope to find a place where art & science are not seen as different things so the search is still ongoing.
Please write more posts as I am using Steemit to learn more about different languages and cultures :)
Great pictures! :-)
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