Correio newspaper | Tokai Group will open four new restaurants in Salvador, Recife and Fortaleza

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The Tokai group will take the Lotti restaurant to Recife and Fortaleza. With the expansion of the brand, and the opening of the Asian Miss KÔH, in Salvador and the capital of Pernambuco, the group led by businessman Múrcio Dias, will reach the mark of 21 restaurants in the next two years. Having been in the market for 26 years with Tokai Express, Tokai Gourmet, Maotai, Lotti, Miss KÔH and Panela Brasileira, the group, which operates in six capitals in the Northeast, in addition to Belo Horizonte, Belém and Manaus, will generate 240 new direct jobs, which will be added to the 750 already existing.

Lotti, which already has two units in the capital of Bahia, will open in the gourmet mall of the Rio Mar Recife shopping mall, in August 2025, and will have 150 seats. In the capital of Ceará, the brand will arrive at the Rio Mar Fortaleza shopping mall, in March 2026, with 140 seats. It is worth mentioning that the two shopping malls belong to the JCPM group, which also owns Salvador Shopping. Miss KÔH, which will have a menu designed by award-winning chef Murakami, is expected to open its doors at Salvador Shopping, next to Lotti, the new gourmet wing, in March next year. While in the capital of Pernambuco, the Asian is expected to arrive in November 2025, also at the João Carlos Paes Mendonça shopping mall.

Camila Martins and Michelle Gonzalez, creators of Clube do Horto, a platform that connects more than 2,700 women living in Horto Florestal, are expanding their business, which is now called O Clube. The change, according to them, reflects the growth and need to expand the operations of the project that will maintain Clube do Horto as one of the main arms of this new phase, preserving its essence and expanding its impact on the community, but adding new businesses. The new format will be presented by the duo on the 24th, at 6pm, at Almacen Pepe, in an exclusive event for guests.

Chef Marcelo Fugita, from Grupo Soho, is the guest of colleague Nelson Soares to sign the menu for the dinner he is promoting today, at 7pm, at the Cascais (Portugal) unit of the Sult restaurant. This is the second day of sharing knowledge between the two chefs. Nelson and Marcelo shared the kitchen of the same restaurant last weekend and the harmony was so fine that the host invited him to return today to participate in the Universo Major project that celebrates the fusion of flavors. It is worth mentioning that the Portuguese Sult, which has a unit in Rio, is a project by Bahian architect Sidney Quintela. The price of the menu, including drinks, is 140 euros, equivalent to approximately R$840 per person.

Actress Leona Cavalli arrives at Caixa Cultural Salvador, between the 8th and 10th of November, for three performances of the show Elogio da Loucura. The play is an adaptation of the work of Erasmus of Rotterdam, considered one of the most influential in Western civilization. Directed by Eduardo Figueredo, the show features, in addition to the actress, musicians Rafa Ducelli on Cello and Cika on Percussion.

Luiz Fernando Queiroz will host the meeting that will bring together a group of wine lovers around Juan Muga, partner of Bodega Muga, one of the most renowned wineries in Spain, for a night of tasting. The event takes place this Thursday (24), at 6:30 pm, at Quality Adega, in H Mall (Horto), and is being produced in partnership with the restaurant A Taberna, located in the same wing of the mall.

Salvador was the gateway for accessories brand Zee.Dog, in the Northeast, with the opening of a store in Shopping Barra, last December. And the business seems to have produced good results. To the point that franchisees Vinícius Moraes and Carla Marzolla opened, this Wednesday (24), the second unit in Salvador Shopping.

Shopping Bela Vista has scheduled the opening of its Christmas decorations for November 3rd. This time, marketing manager, Juliana Brandão, is betting on a new international attraction in Bahia and a pioneer in the country with a Christmas theme: the Balloon Experience – a sensory and musical pool with more than 130 thousand balls and 5 thousand balloons inside a box giant gift box installed amidst the decoration. The opening party will be designed by Licia Fabio Produções, and will have costumes by Fabio Sande.

Afro Fashion Day, a project by Jornal CORREIO that will be held on November 1st, in Campo Grande, has as one of the novelties of this 10th anniversary edition, the participation of Pugah signing the musical direction. The multi-instrumentalist, arranger, music producer, composer and singer is famous for his innovative fusion of electronics with Bahian percussion, which has earned him collaborations with renowned artists such as Timbalada, Gloria Estefan and Ricky Martin. For AFD, the Bahian highlights the song Onde Tem Preto, which is the soundtrack for the project’s commemorative edition and which is a partnership with Carlinhos Brown.