Enjoy one of the best Uruguayan delights in Pipa
On Avenida Baía dos Golfinhos at number 585, inside the TerraMar gourmet space, there is a counter with a wooden sign and a Uruguayan sun on it: La Chivitería. One thing is made here, and it is made in full: the Uruguayan chivito, the ciabatta sandwich loaded with beef, ham, cheese, bacon and a fried egg, which arrives cut in half with the layers on display and a basket of fries beside it. It opens every day at five in the afternoon and runs until midnight.
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| Type | Sandwich bar · Uruguayan chivitos and burgers |
|---|---|
| Area | Avenida Baía dos Golfinhos, TerraMar gourmet space |
| Address | Av. Baía dos Golfinhos 585, Praia da Pipa, Tibau do Sul (RN) |
| Hours | Every day 5pm–midnight |
| Service | Dine-in · takeaway · delivery |
| On the menu | Chivitos · burgers · fries · small plates |
| To drink | Beer · spirits · caipirinhas · juice · soft drinks |
| Meals | Dinner · table service · pre-ordering |
| With children | Welcome |
| Payment | Credit · debit · contactless |
| @lachiviteria.pipa |
The menu splits in two: chivitos and burgers. Every chivito comes on ciabatta and arrives with fries; the list is built around filé mignon and opens out towards the north-east of Brazil and towards Mexico.
The Uruguayo is the original and the fullest: filé mignon, ham, mozzarella, bacon, fried egg, lettuce, sliced tomato, fried onion, fried pepper, mayonnaise and olives. The Lomito Argentino is simpler — filé mignon, provolone, onion, lettuce, tomato and mayonnaise — and the Siciliano changes register with provolone, mushrooms sautéed in olive oil, rocket, sun-dried tomato and capers.
The Nordestino is the one that brings the house into the region: fried carne de sol, queijo coalho, fried onion, lettuce, rocket, tomato and mayonnaise. The Parmegiana uses breaded and fried filé mignon with ham, mozzarella, bacon and egg. The Mex comes with strips of beef, cheddar, bacon, fried onion and pepper and guacamole. And there is a chicken line, led by the Frango Catupiry — chicken breast, ham, mozzarella, bacon, fried egg and catupiry cheese.
On the other side of the menu are the burgers, all with fries. The Proper carries a 180-gram patty, lettuce, tomato, egg, ham, double cheddar, bacon and barbecue sauce. The Cheese is the straightforward version, patty and cheddar, and Cheese & Bacon adds the bacon. The XL is double: two 180-gram patties, two cheeses, bacon and barbecue. And there is a Veggie, with a chickpea and pea patty, egg, cheese, tomato and lettuce.
On the side there are fries, plain or with melted cheese and chopped spring onion, in a wooden bowl or a wire basket. The house also lists small plates and quick bites: not everything has to be a whole chivito.
The drinks list keeps pace without complicating things: beer, spirits, water, soft drinks and juice, plus a line of caipirinhas — caipirinha, caipiroska, caipiríssima and caipifruta. It is what a sandwich this size needs, and nothing more.
The house describes itself as casual, quiet and trendy, and the audience it lists is groups, tourists and students. The format matches: an open counter, a kitchen in full view and folding dark wooden tables in the shared space.
It sits inside the TerraMar gourmet space, under a tiled roof on wooden beams, with the house sign hung above the counter. This is not a dining room of its own but a stall with an open kitchen and tables in front: you order, you are seated and you eat right there, with waiters. That makes it a quick stop rather than a sit-down dinner.
It opens all seven days, 5pm to midnight. Seven straight hours every day, with no closing day: in a village where many kitchens rest once a week, that is this house's practical advantage.
There is no lunch: the kitchen starts at five in the afternoon, exactly when the beach starts sending people back into the village. And the house lists late-night food, which with a midnight close genuinely holds: the eleven o'clock chivito, after a walk along the avenue, is available any day.
Since no booking policy is stated, the hour decides the wait: before eight you order and it comes; later it is worth using the pre-ordering the house lists, or messaging on WhatsApp and collecting.
It sits on Avenida Baía dos Golfinhos 585, inside the TerraMar gourmet space, in the centre of the village. You walk in from the avenue: the passage is open and the wooden sign with the Uruguayan sun is visible from the street.
From Praia da Pipa you walk up the same avenue and arrive in a few minutes, so it falls on the way back from the beach with no detour. If you are coming from Natal, from the airport or from another beach along the coast, look at the transfer options for the stretch into the village and then get around on foot.
The house states that it is good for children. It does not report high chairs or a kids' menu, but a Cheese burger with fries settles a table with children without argument, and the five o'clock opening lets you eat early and walk back while the street is still busy.
Anyone after a proper sandwich, the kind you eat with both hands and that keeps hunger away until the next day.
A mixed table: beef, chicken, burgers and a vegetarian option on the same menu.
And the night that runs long: a kitchen open until midnight, seven days a week.
It is the classic Uruguayan sandwich: ciabatta with beef, ham, cheese, bacon, a fried egg and salad, served with fries.
Yes, all seven days, 5pm to midnight. It has no closing day.
No. The kitchen only opens at 5pm.
Yes, the Veggie burger, with a chickpea and pea patty, egg, cheese, tomato and lettuce.
Yes, and they also do takeaway and pre-orders.
No booking policy is stated. It is worth ordering on WhatsApp if you plan to collect.
At Avenida Baía dos Golfinhos 585, inside the TerraMar gourmet space.
Credit, debit and contactless payment from a phone.
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