An important fact for the city life happened in 1911 with the opening of its first big factory, the Antarctica Brewery Company, nowadays part of the AmBev group. Antarctica built the Pedro II Theatre. The Antarctica factory led to the opening of several beer houses in the city and one of them named Pinguim ("penguin" in Portuguese), became particularly famous and made Ribeirão Preto nationally renowned for the quality of its draft beer ("chope" or "chopp" in Brazilian Portuguese). Many people say that Pinguim has the best draft beer in Brazil and it became so important that it is now a symbol of the city; people say that coming to Ribeirão Preto and not visiting Pinguim is like going to Rome and not seeing the Pope. There are two Pinguim beer houses in Ribeirão Preto: one of them is at the Quarteirão Paulista (Paulista Square), next to November XV square in central area of Ribeirão Preto and right beside the Pedro II Theatre. The other one is at the mall Ribeirão Shopping. The Pinguim beer house was named after the Antarctica company's logo (see at [http://www.antarctica.com.br]).Many small "alambiques" exist in the region, each producing its own singular "Pinga," better known as Cachaça. These "Pingas" are often aged and are available in many flavours, while still maintaining their flair.