In the 1950s, fried shrimp and cold beer attracted locals and foreigners to the remote Barra da Tijuca, still home to pristine lagoons and mangroves. There were no buses, just a dirt road that many braved to reach Dina Bar

Referred to as the “Carioca hinterland” at least until the early 20th century, the region of Barra da Tijuca and its surroundings was for centuries a practically isolated area of the city of Rio.