{"id":24958,"date":"2025-04-16T14:25:12","date_gmt":"2025-04-16T14:25:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/24958\/"},"modified":"2025-04-16T14:25:12","modified_gmt":"2025-04-16T14:25:12","slug":"hit-me-where-it-hurts-cry-fans-as-popular-bar-and-pub-to-shut-after-12-years-in-scots-city","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/24958\/","title":{"rendered":"&#8216;Hit me where it hurts&#8217;, cry fans as popular bar and pub to shut after 12 years in Scots city"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>A BELOVED bar and pub in the heart of the Scottish capital is set to close its doors for a final time after 12 years. <\/p>\n<p>Bosses at Boteco Do Brazil, located on <a href=\"https:\/\/www.thescottishsun.co.uk\/where\/edinburgh\/\" target=\"_blank\" aria-label=\" (opens in a new tab)\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Edinburgh<\/a>&#8216;s Lothian Street, made the sad announcement on social media on Sunday. <\/p>\n<p><a href=\"#\"><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Photo of Boteco Do Brasil pub in Edinburgh.\" height=\"616\" width=\"928\" data-credit=\"Google\" data-img=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/Screenshot-2025-04-16-085454.png\" data-caption=\"Boteco Do Brazil in Edinburgh is closing down after 12 years\"   loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/Screenshot-2025-04-16-085454.png\" role=\"img\"\/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>2<\/p>\n<p>Boteco Do Brazil in Edinburgh is closing down after 12 yearsCredit: Google<\/p>\n<p>They said the decision was &#8216;not their choice&#8217; but encouraged customers to head to the venue for one last party.<\/p>\n<p>The bar is famous for its Latin club nights, live music and Salsa dancing classes.<\/p>\n<p>And it has a second location in <a href=\"https:\/\/www.thescottishsun.co.uk\/where\/glasgow\/\" target=\"_blank\" aria-label=\" (opens in a new tab)\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Glasgow<\/a>&#8216;s Trongate.<\/p>\n<p>The pub and restaurant offers up a tasty tapas menu and signature Brazilian cocktails. <\/p>\n<p>Bosses confirmed that the last day would be Sunday, May 4.<\/p>\n<p>The post on <a href=\"https:\/\/www.thescottishsun.co.uk\/topic\/instagram\/\" target=\"_blank\" aria-label=\" (opens in a new tab)\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Instagram<\/a> read: &#8220;After over a decade of music, dance, food, and community, Boteco Do Brasil Edinburgh is closing its doors on Sunday 4th of May.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;This wasn\u2019t our choice\u2026 but we\u2019re going out the way we lived: LOUD, PROUD, and FULL OF LOVE.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Thank you to every single person who made Boteco what it is, especially our team, dancers, musicians, and DJs. <\/p>\n<p>&#8220;You made this place home.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Punters were left shocked by the news and flocked to the comments.<\/p>\n<p>First look inside new Glasgow pub with a live train timetable board and hi tech cocktail machine<\/p>\n<p>One person wrote: &#8220;Unbelievably sad, best salsa club for me.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Another added: &#8220;Hit me where it hurts.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>A third said: &#8220;There are hardly any nightclubs left in Edinburgh that aren\u2019t aimed at students. Boteco welcomed all age groups.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>While a fourth commented: <\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Still on until May 4 so let\u2019s make the most of the last few weeks remaining, let\u2019s show Boteco some love.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"#\"><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Friends toasting drinks at a bar.\" height=\"640\" width=\"960\" data-credit=\"Alamy\" data-img=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/fx44mj-group-friends-meeting-evening-607213396.jpg\" data-caption=\"The pub and restaurant offers up a tasty tapas menu and signature Brazilian cocktails\"   loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/fx44mj-group-friends-meeting-evening-607213396.jpg\" role=\"img\"\/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>2<\/p>\n<p>The pub and restaurant offers up a tasty tapas menu and signature Brazilian cocktailsCredit: Alamy<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"A BELOVED bar and pub in the heart of the Scottish capital is set to close its doors&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":24959,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[8816],"tags":[748,1102,786,4884,1889,712,895,898,16,15],"class_list":{"0":"post-24958","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-edinburgh","8":"tag-britain","9":"tag-edinburgh","10":"tag-food-and-drink","11":"tag-great-britain","12":"tag-pubs","13":"tag-scotland","14":"tag-section-moneynews-money","15":"tag-store-closings","16":"tag-uk","17":"tag-united-kingdom"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@uk\/114348106140234106","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/24958","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=24958"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/24958\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/24959"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=24958"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=24958"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=24958"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}