Located in a cul-de-sac of Água Branca, Gaz Burning becomes a unique place also for its location.
It is necessary to wait for the passage of the train and the raising of the gates before continuing along the Avenida Santa Marina, a long and irregular road open between Água Branca, Barra Funda and Lapa that does not seem to have been affected by the disturbances of time in recent years. years. holy or not, Marina Ragno she ended up being honored by the municipality of São Paulo for being the daughter of the councilor Antonio da Silva Prado, president of Vidraria Santa Marina and man who opened the doors of the neighborhood to convince the Matarazzo family to take part of their empire in the region. At night, it, the avenue, goes to sleep at every block until the tracks cross, you walk along a small square and you hear the sound of a harmonica, a band or someone singing. Hoochie Cookie Man echoed from an alley where Santa Marina Avenue can unexpectedly become New Orleans.
There was nothing until a year ago, when two friends who love rock and roll, motorcycles and vintage cars challenged the health uncertainties of the planet and decided to transform the structures of an old house, from the 1920s, in a place of rock, blues and rockabilly. Its name is Gaz Burning, a legit “custom bar”, with car sidewalls decorating the walls, snacks named after old cars like TL, Dodge and Fairlane, and everything else breathes vintage culture. It would, therefore, be another affective bar in São Paulo if it were not for something complementary that does not seem to have been thought of even by the owner: the surrounding environment.
The bands play inside the street front bar, in front of people sitting at the tables on the street. Meanwhile, the two-way trains that surround the house pass by. They’re not loud, but the drummer and whoever is in the bathroom can hear the trepidation, a charm New Orleans bars would envy. Well, trains are to blues as hills are to samba.
In addition, the dead-end street – Santa Marina ends in the wall that guards the train tracks – and the lack of neighbors allows for stress-free use of the space with residents. Classic car meetings and rock concerts can start on Saturday afternoons and continue late into the night. The blues has its day, Thursday, led by the harmonica player, singer and blues activist Edu Dias.
No longer having the partner with whom he started the house a year ago, Rodrigo Veri, 40, runs the place with the lightness of someone who believed in chance. She would hang out with friends fond of old cars and motorbikes in an adjacent garage, with barbecues on Tuesdays. “We then decided that we should build the bar on that spot.” They rented the old house. “It was to receive friends, something very unpretentious.” Rodrigo began his relationship with the elderly at the age of 19, when he bought an Opal. He today he has a Galaxie 76 and a Fairlaine 77.
Source: Terra
Emily Jhon is a product and service reviewer at Gossipify, known for her honest evaluations and thorough analysis. With a background in marketing and consumer research, she offers valuable insights to readers. She has been writing for Gossipify for several years and has a degree in Marketing and Consumer Research from the University of Oxford.
