Café de Tabuleiro: perfil do comércio informal de café da manhã na cidade de São Paulo.

The cycle of economic crisis that affected the Brazilian economy between 2014 and 2017 raised the unemployment rate to a level never observed in the recent period. This fact intensified the search for occupations in the informal market, catapulted that were by the so-called process of uberization of employment. This exploratory and non-probabilistic study sought to characterize, through face-toface interviews conducted application of objective questionnaires, the profile of breakfast vendors positioning their “tabuleiros” in public sales and their clients. Prior to the presentation of the results obtained, we sought to situate the dimension of street commerce by analyzing statistical data on employment and unemployment research The systematization of the results of the interviews conducted showed relevant aspects both about the characteristics of the entrepreneur and his business, measuring items such as quantity of coffee distributed and gross sales of the point of sale and difficulties of coexistence with supervision / policing. In his part, in the interview with random clients, it was found that in addition to the consumption habit, the need for social interaction prevails, reserving the time of breakfast to interact with other regulars, including lasting bonds of friendship.