“What’s new in town?” is an innocent enough question, unless you ask it in a city hosting the Olympics, where a complete answer might stretch out longer than the 50-kilometer race walk.
First-time visitors to Rio de Janeiro may barely have enough time to slip in a cable car ride to Sugarloaf Mountain and a passion fruit caipirinha on Ipanema Beach between days of kayak slalom and Greco-Roman wrestling. But for those who have done the basics, here are some great new additions to the city:
1. CRAB That’s the unfortunate abbreviation for the Portuguese name of the Sebrae Reference Center for Brazilian Handicrafts, tucked away in restored 18th-century buildings in Tiradentes Square.