If this place were a person, it would be someone who knows exactly who they are and what they want. That is because the boteco has seen its tables spread through an alley in Rio Vermelho stay busy since 2000. The reputation built over more than two decades naturally draws people passing through Salvador. But the best part is that it is far from being only for tourists. Locals still keep coming back, mixing easily with people who have just arrived. Everyone has one thing in mind besides the beer: octopus rice. A house classic, it comes loaded with so many tentacles that people miss it whether they live a few blocks away or a flight away.