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Cafés in Botafogo, Humaitá & Urca

Rua Voluntários da Pátria from Botafogo up to the Cobal do Humaitá, with Sugarloaf across the cove in Urca.

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Botafogo curves around a cove of Guanabara Bay sheltered by the Urca peninsula and Sugarloaf Mountain. It is named after João Pereira de Sousa Botafogo (1540–1627), who ran the artillery of a galleon called Botafogo. Land here was parceled out from 1702, mansions followed by 1808, and a ferry in 1867 and horse-drawn trams from 1871 made it a suburb; 82,890 people lived here in 2010.1

Humaitá, inland toward the Lagoa, is tied to Botafogo by three streets, Rua Voluntários da Pátria, Rua Humaitá and Rua São Clemente, with Corcovado behind them.2 Voluntários da Pátria carries the area’s longest run of cafés, from the bay end of Botafogo to the Cobal.

Local tip: Walk Rua Voluntários da Pátria from Botafogo station toward Humaitá and end at the Cobal; Le Dépanneur at number 86 serves until 22:00, or 23:30 on Saturday.

At a glance

30Cafés listed
4With opening hours
08:00Earliest opening
23:30Latest closing
  • Opens earliest: Café Botanica, from 08:00 (Mon–Fri 08:00–19:00 · Sat–Sun 09:00–18:00).
  • Closes latest: Le Dépanneur Delicatessen, until 23:30 (Mon–Fri 08:00–22:00 · Sat 08:00–23:30 · Sun 08:00–22:00).
  • Most common features: smoke-free indoors (7%), specialty (7%), bakery café (3%).

Café Botanica

  • Rua Capitão Salomão, 14B
  • Mon–Fri 08:00–19:00 · Sat–Sun 09:00–18:00
  • +55 21 2535 2465
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Le Dépanneur Delicatessen

  • Rua Voluntários da Pátria, 86
  • Mon–Fri 08:00–22:00 · Sat 08:00–23:30 · Sun 08:00–22:00
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Getting to Botafogo

Botafogo station is the end of Metro Line 2, which opened in 1981 and reached Pavuna in 1998, and a stop on Line 1 between Flamengo and Cardeal Arcoverde in Copacabana.3

Rua Voluntários da Pátria and the Cobal do Humaitá

From the bay end, Coffee Bar 31 is at number 31, Le Dépanneur Delicatessen at 86, Estação Café at 88 and Verso Café e Restaurante at 97. Le Dépanneur keeps the longest hours on the street, 08:00–22:00 on weekdays and Sunday and until 23:30 on Saturday. Further up, in Humaitá, Cirandaia is at 416, Planalto at 420 and Chez Regina at 435.

The Cobal do Humaitá, in a former tram garage, is a cluster of bars, restaurants and shops for imported food.2 A stall of Bolos da Cecília trades from number 448, and Empório Farinha Pura is at 446.4 Rua Visconde de Caravelas, nearby, is Humaitá’s bar street, with the traditional Aurora and Plebeu on one corner.2

Side streets and the bay front

Rua Fernandes Guimarães has two coffee addresses close together: Fica Café at 91, with Wi-Fi, open Tuesday to Friday 10:00–19:00 and Saturday 10:00–14:00, and Loja do Barista at 84. Cake & Co., a smoke-free bakery café at Rua Conde de Irajá, 132, opens every day. Café Botanica, at Rua Capitão Salomão, 14B, is the early one, from 08:00 on weekdays and 09:00 at weekends.

BARIO Cafés Especiais is at Rua General Góis Monteiro, 155, Bravas Café at Rua da Matriz, 108, and Bloise Bistro at Rua São Clemente, 254. On the waterfront, Café Enseada is at Praia de Botafogo, 360, and Ipê Coffee Bike works from a kiosk at number 190.

The neighborhood also has the Casa de Rui Barbosa, the Museu do Índio and the Museu Villa-Lobos, and the Botafogo de Futebol e Regatas club takes its name from it. On the bay front, the Pavilhão Mourisco of 1907 was demolished in 1952 to make way for an office building.1

Urca and the Sugarloaf cable car

Sugarloaf rises 396 m at the tip of the Urca peninsula. Its cable car, the first in Brazil, opened in 1912 and climbs in two stages, from a base station at the foot of Morro da Babilônia to Morro da Urca, 220 m up, and then about 1,400 m across to the summit, in cars that take 65 people.5

Sources

  1. Botafogo, Wikipedia, accessed October 2026
  2. Humaitá (Rio de Janeiro), Wikipedia (Portuguese), accessed October 2026
  3. Rio de Janeiro Metro, Wikipedia, accessed October 2026
  4. Do cafézinho ao tiramisu: cafeterias e restaurantes no Rio exploram a bebida em receitas e drinks, Diário do Rio (April 14, 2026), accessed October 2026
  5. Sugarloaf Mountain, Wikipedia, accessed October 2026
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FAQ

Botafogo, Humaitá & Urca cafés: questions

Which street in Botafogo, Rio de Janeiro, has the most cafés?

Rua Voluntários da Pátria, which runs from Botafogo up to Humaitá. Coffee Bar 31, Le Dépanneur Delicatessen at 86, Estação Café at 88 and Verso at 97 are near the bay end; Cirandaia, Planalto and Chez Regina are in the 400s, close to the Cobal do Humaitá. Le Dépanneur stays open until 22:00, or 23:30 on Saturday.

What is the Cobal do Humaitá in Rio de Janeiro?

The Cobal do Humaitá is a cluster of bars, restaurants and imported-food shops in a former tram garage on Rua Voluntários da Pátria. Bolos da Cecília trades from number 448, and Empório Farinha Pura is next door at 446. Rua Visconde de Caravelas, nearby, is Humaitá’s bar street.

How do you get to Botafogo in Rio de Janeiro by metro?

Botafogo station is the end of Metro Line 2 from Pavuna and a stop on Line 1 between Flamengo and Cardeal Arcoverde in Copacabana. Line 2 opened in 1981. From the station, Rua Voluntários da Pátria and its cafés lead inland toward Humaitá.

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