Alimentação e transformações urbanas em São Paulo no século XIX

Abstract

This article intends to assess some urban and domestic space
transformations in late 19th century São Paulo, associated with the home
and street consumption of food. The introduction of technologies like gas
stove and the trajectory of coffee-houses, restaurants and renewed menus
are outlined together with the urban transformation in the city, mainly the
sanitary question associated with elite’s desire of modernization.