while barzinhos, botecos, bodegas are mostly seen as synonyms to a common bar, pé sujos and biroscas are small off-beat establishments that attract after-work crowds, historically offering accesible food and drinks for working class cariocas - nowadays there are a variety of these types of bars throughout the city, usually with limited indoor space.

an authentic carioca night out often involves drinking at an open-air area or landmark throughtout the city, most notably different plazas - pedra do sal, praça são salvador and praça santos dummont are some of the most known.