By Shirley Farmer 
Nearly a year after they denied there were problems with the restaurant, Claudia Jacques and Belmiro Costa sold the space that had been owned by the businessman for about 12 years.
Speaking to “Nova Genti” The public relations woman expressed her relief that her husband had “got rid” of the restaurant. “I never liked that he had the restaurant, for the simple fact that it was a prison. Every time he accompanied me away from the restaurant, there were always troubles and problems. “It was no life for anyone,” he said.
“I told him, 'There was a point in your life when you weren't married. You were single, divorced. Now, you're married to me. And I have such an active life that if you can't accompany me to anything and I can't accompany you to the restaurant, if we have A divided life, it's bad for both of us. Is this what you want? If so, don't count on me,” he added.
Claudia Jacques also highlighted that “Owning a restaurant is terrible! It is a problem and a constant source of anxiety. It's customer and employee satisfaction…it's so stressful.” “It's been hell! We argued a lot about this. “Not now, we have more peace as a couple.”
But it didn't stop there. Claudia Jacques also criticized her husband's former employees. “They stole everything! It was not just money, but food, drink, dishes and uniforms.” Behind the scenes, customer service was “crazy!” He also said of the former employees: “They were the worst people! Liars, fakers, cheaters, drug addicts, so stupid. I can't even look at their faces.”
Last year, Claudia Jacques and her husband were already involved in a controversy surrounding the restaurant, which was supposedly experiencing financial difficulties and was “intimidated”.
Regarding the seizure, the Public Relations Department denied the information, but did not deny the financial difficulties. He stressed that “our restaurant, like the vast majority of restaurant spaces in this country, is going through moments of greater difficulty resulting from some of the effects of the pandemic and closures,” also referring to “the effects of the current economic crisis resulting from the war in Ukraine, and the astonishing rise in inflation, especially… In food products, as well as in interest rates.”