Restaurante Apaga a Vela. - Nova Iguaçu - RJ

Super tasty food. However, the place has an old-fashioned look, with no conditions to function. This week the closing of its operation was published.

Sad for the death of the former owner. Success to new owners. good food and good service

It will close... Unfortunate. When I was a child, in the 1970s, the “Paga Vela” Restaurant was a reference in Vila de Cava, as well as the “Padaria do Meio”, the “Valdevino” and the “Mercado do Seu Teóphilo”. At that time there was only pavement on Rua Maria Custódia (from the square to the “Catholic church”) and on Rua Muniz Barreto (from the Cava Station to Rua Mário). But “Paga Vela” had a difference in relation to the others, it was a very popular place, there was no one in Vila de Cava (José Bulhões) who wouldn't turn their necks to look at the restaurant, the pleasant smell of the meals sparked the imagination and filled the mouth of water, not to mention the elite who had lunch there, the means of transport were precarious, we had the famous “Boi Morreu” that connected José Bulhões and Belford Roxo, the Presmic, which connected with Praça Mauá and from 1978 to Elmar (may God rest her) but what caught the attention was the only place in the neighborhood where cars were parked, they were Volkswagen Beetles, Brasílias, TLs… there was also Gordini and Rural, this place was the “Retaurante Paga Vela ”, at the time some people who worked at Rupturita used to have lunch at Paga Vela, also workers from the paper mills, whether in Iguassú Velho or Adrianópolis, it was at this time that the restaurant began to popularize, the residents of the neighborhood began to understand that the fact of the re staurante being always swarming with people were three attractive factors: price, quality and service. I studied at the Wilson Educational Center, when I left school I always passed in front of the restaurant, it wasn't even on the way, the objective was to admire the cars. I was a child and my father used to have lunch at “Paga Vela” on weekends, something common was seeing “Seu João” come to the tables to talk to customers, ask about the service, the seasoning… something that would only become “mandatory” ” for an entrepreneur some 20 or 30 years later, some fools would say he had a vision of the future, the most attentive and those who knew “Seu João” claim that it was love for what he did, the pleasure of doing it well. The restaurant was located at Rua Maria Custódia n° 168, next to the “Barbearia do Vail” and in front of the shoemaker “Ganha Little”. Times have changed, Vila de Cava has evolved, it has grown, the Cava Station is in ruins, it no longer has the “square cars”… and the “Paga Vela” has also grown, now at a new address, at Rua Álvaro Gonçalves nº106 in the same neighborhood, time passed, almost everything changed, but one thing has not changed: “Seu João”. “Mr. João Paga Vela” continued the same simple person as always, the one who talked to customers, who was seen doing the fair in his cream or white Beetle, who bought bread early, who didn't raise his voice, a citizen of the good. In a few years, nostalgia will tighten and some will remember the “Paga Vela”, perhaps the smell of a meal, or when you are well served in a restaurant, who knows when you are served by a charismatic old man… I don't know… each one will have their reasons, because this restaurant is part of history, my history, maybe yours, it may be that João Paga Vela becomes a street name and is remembered on plaques, in houses... Anyway, I would like to register my second regret here: The first was with the death of the friend of the neighborhood, the good citizen “Sr João Paga Vela”, now with the closing, the closing of activities, the burial of the Apaga Vela Restaurant. Unfortunate.

Anyone who visits once always comes back great homemade food wonderful seasoning!

Cozy space, recently renovated. Wonderful home-made food at a super affordable price. Without a doubt, the best option in the region!

A family-friendly place, great atmosphere, amazing home-cooked food

Great place to have lunch in vila de cava, in front of the UPA, a very varied buffet, you can eat well and cheaply with quality