For over 50 years serving the city of Porto, Cancela Velha is a cafe specialized in meals and all kinds of snacks.
Very close to the busy Avenida dos Aliados, in this establishment the main attraction is the very typical francesinha. Those who prefer other options have at their disposal the toasts, hamburgers, dogs and sandwiches menu.
Cancela Velha also offers its customers a cafeteria service, which, together with its fast and efficient service and its welcoming space, make this an ideal place for a quicker lunch, for your breakfast or even for a mid-afternoon snack.
Momentu’s Café is an establishment that specializes in Brazilian food. Your kitchen never closes, so you can taste a well prepared food at any time of the day, be it a typical Brazilian snack food like cheese bread or the famous pastries or various cakes like the classic brigadeiros. All this accompanied by a juice of Brazilian fruit pulp or coconut water. At meals, they offer dishes with ingredients such as Seara’s chicken breast, South American picanha and Uruguayan Beef. Menu dishes include chicken filet, parmigiana, chicken breast stroganoff, chicken pancake or oven kibe. All served with the Brazilian way of serving well.
Miguel Costa Cabral & Associados is an interior design and architecture company. Performs projects of architecture, remodeling, restoration and interior design. It designs and produces furniture, upholstery and lighting; single pieces, limited editions or larger scale series depending on the designs. For this, it works with a group of artisans and companies specialized in the most diverse areas. Your projects are personalized, taking into account the client and the function. Without ever losing its identity, we seek to find a connection between people, architecture, furniture and art that allow a comfortable, intelligent and inspiring lifestyle that is the portrait of the owners.
Teresinha Carteiras, on the market since 1977, specializes in the marketing of urban style wallets, suitcases and accessories for women and men who like to pay attention to detail. With two stores, this one and one at Arrábida Shopping, in Gaia, betting on personalized service and expert advice, Teresinha Carteiras can be the ideal place to buy a suitcase, available in all sizes and for all tastes, with renewal of articles depending on the season. You can also look here for the ideal wallet to offer or purchase the wallet for storing cards and valuables.
Inaugurated in 1948 by the Ramos Family. Mr. Artur Ramos has transmitted over the years his knowledge in the making of the famous Tripas (guts). It has already been awarded in the contest “Hoje há Tripas”. The restaurant reopened in 2014 with a renewed image and under new management. It offers experiences of typical Porto flavors, as well as explores Italian cuisine from pasta and risottos. You can also appreciate the most renowned artists in the space, such as exterior “graffiti” of illustrious figures of history (Marques da Silva, Almeida Garrett, D. Pedro IV, Infante D. Henrique and Nicolau Nasoni). It also invites to know the exhibition of photos of the renowned architect Conceição Ferreira, inside the restaurant.
Prometeu Artesanato is a chain of stores specialized in handcrafted, hand-crafted handicraft objects with over ten years of experience in the field.
It stands out in the sale of products produced exclusively for its establishments by its authors, being given the customer the possibility to know and watch the whole process of creation.
In the Prometheus Handicraft spaces you can find Alentejo ceramics, tiles, jewelry, iron pieces, wooden images and Barcelos crafts, among many other solutions that are part of the careful selection available in these stores.
Canto Doce is an establishment in a central location, near the Palácio da Justiça in Cordoaria, and it is quite eclectic, since it is, at the same time, a snack bar, a restaurant and a confectionary with its own production. It identifies itself as a traditional Portuguese food restaurant and has space for group dinners. It can be the ideal place for quick meals, with its ‘pregos’ (grilled beefsteak) on the Canto Doce bread; or for meals at the table, having various offers, from the famous Francesinha (a sandwich from the city of Porto, consisting of sausage, fresh sausage, ham, cold meats and beef steak, covered with cheese later melted; it is garnished with a tomato, beer and piri-piri sauce and can be served with French fries as a side dish), meat options, such as ‘alheira’ ( a type of Portuguese sausage, made with meats (usually pork, veal, duck, chicken, quail or rabbit) and bread) with ‘migas’ (t is usually made with leftover bread, either wheat bread traditionally associated with the Alentejo region in Southern Portugal, or corn bread as used in Beira) or steak in the casserole, fish options, such as grilled squid, codfish dishes or hake fillets, vegetarian options, such as omelettes, and various sweets.
Livaria Almedina (bookstore) was established in Porto in the early 80’s, at the suggestion of its clients who had studied in Coimbra and recognized this bookstore as a mandatory space for the purchase of their books.
Located at Rua de Ceuta, in the middle of a historic Porto bookstore district, Almedina serves a wide audience, from professionals interested in legal, technical and scientific books to lovers of literature in general.
It is therefore a bookstore specialized in the legal and technical book, while offering its consumers the latest novelties of fiction and non-fiction and even books for the little ones.
This shop-workshop, open to the public since the early twentieth century, offers a wide range of candles for religious, decorative or similar purposes, all made by themselves. The establishment was created by the uncles of the current owner, Luis Rocha, and knowledge of production methods has been passed down from generation to generation. They produce handmade paraffin candles, which are the most sought after, according to the traditional method of “diving”. The establishment has already been built, but the traditional method of manufacture remains unchanged to this day. It is very visited by the amount of candles hanging from the ceiling, which gives it a unique look.
Is it a café? Is it a pastry shop? Or a hostel? A place to work? An art gallery? A guest house? A beer garden? A house? A space for concerts? A restaurant? An insta gem? A meeting point? A central café? Yes, Supernova is all this, at the same time. If you want, it is the ideal place to have your head on the Moon, because all the decoration goes around the Moon, the planets, the comets and the galaxies. The aim is to serve guests, but also all those who pass by there. They have yogurt bowls with homemade granola, fruit and honey, brownies and homemade cakes, vegetarian dips, salads, and also toasts, such as Supernova, the star of the company and “the first sandwich to travel in space”, as it reads on the menu.
In early 2009, from a conversation between two friends, Inês Basek and Margarida Furst, the idea arose to develop a service that would help all women find their right bra size. This is how Dama de Copas, a shop specialising in Bra Fitting and lingerie consultancy, with 11 shops in Portugal and Spain, emerges. Its mission is to help all women to choose the right bra size and model for each occasion, through a free Bra Fitting consultation. According to their experience, with more than 210,000 fittings made since 2009, more than 90% of women do not wear the right bra, so every day they advise and change the lives of many women.
The owner of these spaces has been dedicated to this sector since he was 19 years old, having inaugurated the first Kioske brand establishment in the Bolhão area.
The business has been growing and expanding, counting nowadays with three spaces distributed by the city of Porto.
At Kioske establishments, guests will find a selection of newspapers, magazines and books, as well as various tobacco brands and tobacco-related accessories.
Lucky games, leather goods, toys and jewelry are the other products that you buy on your visit to Kioske spaces.
