Officially founded in 1959, Café Santiago had opened doors before as a grazing house and tavern. Francesinha Santiago has always been the main reference of the establishment, having emerged as a result of the refining of typical Francesinha do Porto by members of the Pereira family. Its carefully selected ingredients, 100% artisanal cooking processes and the well-known special sauce whose recipe is a family secret, give Francesinha Santiago the highest reference status in national cuisine. Santiago F emerged in 2011 from the need to expand the business in light of the remarkable demand felt in the original space.
The EGU’S Barbearia is a space aimed mainly at the male public, which aims to take care of the appearance at various levels: beard, hair, mustache, skin, tattoos and spa. It is also a place of conviviality and socialization. For example, while waiting for your haircut, you can have a coffee or a cold beer, as for any service you are entitled to a free drink. You can also enjoy a game of pool or a game of console. In addition to all this, you can practice Brazilian jiu jitsu, judo and capoeira. It is possible to schedule opening hours.
Casa d´Aldeia is a grocery store specializing in regional products. Here you will find a little of everything regarding traditional Portuguese products. From the traditional sausages, cheese, wine, organic honey or olive oil, to the seasonal fruit and also frozen from some of the most delicious savory foods to offer, such as Pastel de Chaves, homemade patties and croquettes. In addition to the wide range of regional products available in the store, you can place orders for many other products, such as regional bread, key folar or village potatoes. Casa d´Aldeia represents the Portuguese countryside in the city of Porto.
In Be Wow, “hippie chic” fashion clothes and accessories are sold to a female audience. At the same time, this store also creates custom pieces allowing the customer to choose the design and fabrics. This is how Be Wow receives each customer, with a wide range of possibilities, being able to meet specific needs and adapt it to each taste, with inviting prices. There are several styles of clothing that can be found in this space, with unique color or patterns, with pieces such as pants, swimsuits, dresses or bikinis.
The sharing and promotion of culture is part of citizenship education, when the citizen is intended to go beyond the immediate. The Art Gallery D. Pedro is a space for reflection through contemplation. With exhibitions of artists and seasonal exhibitions of their works, the Art Gallery D. Pedro is dedicated to the promotion and sale of contemporary art, producing and presenting exhibitions of renowned and emerging artists. It functions as an art gallery where it exhibits works of painting, sculpture, ceramics, furniture, as well as antiques and silver pieces of art. If you are looking for unique and exclusive pieces to give an authentic tone to the identity of your home, this may be the ideal establishment for you.
Next to the Sá da Bandeira Theatre you will find the Restaurante Girassol. If you are looking for a restaurant to try 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) this may be one of the candidates. In the window of this restaurant you can read about the history of Francesinha, inside you can try it. The restaurant has a contemporary look, the atmosphere is welcoming and the service is familiar and personalised. According to the people, they serve the best Francesinha in town. In this traditional restaurant traditional Portuguese cuisine is also eaten and the portions are served generously. Besides the mentioned Francesinha, the “posta com batata a murro” (heavy thick beef steak served with potatoes cooked in their skin) and the several codfish dishes are the house specialities.
Crispalmóvel, furniture manufacturer and interior decoration specialist, has been in the market since 1960, always standing out for the quality and distinction of its products and services. They combine experience in furniture manufacturing with various decoration and restoration services, in order to present the best lines in furniture and decoration, to satisfy an increasingly demanding and informed public. Their mission is to meet the needs of their customers in order to turn their homes into harmonious and relaxing spaces. It offers personalised, made-to-measure and customised furniture services, interior decoration and restoration of furniture and upholstery.
It is simultaneously a studio, a gallery and a decorative arts store, where customers come for the products and stay on the advice of the artist Amanda Marinho.
At Art & Color by Mimi you can purchase material such as paints, glues, brushes and boxes, among many other solutions for your projects.
In this space there are also Painting and Arts Classes and several workshops, which make Art & Color by Mimi not only a reference point for the most experienced, but also a great place for all those who intend to start in the decorative arts through teachings of those with extensive experience.
If you are thinking of redecorating your home, Móveis Areias will have at your disposal a wide range of quality and competitively priced furniture on display. But if you don’t find anything that you like, you will have at your disposal a team of competent professionals whose specialty is to design quality furniture with various materials, taking into account your needs, the space characteristics and your taste. folks. At Móveis Areias you can also take your old bookcase, desk or chairs and restore them to look like new while retaining their original qualities.
Queijaria Amaral is the oldest cheese factory in Porto, having been founded in 1928. Since 2018 it has become one of the city’s historic shops as part of the “Porto de Tradição” municipal program.
In this establishment all products are of Portuguese origin. This cheese shop specializes in Serra da Estrela cheese, but it also includes a wide variety of cheese from other regions. It also has sections of cold cuts, ham and sausages, selling traditional smokehouse from the best regions of the country, as well as bread from Bragança, Mirandela and Avintes.
In the alternative department store Almada 13 there are four different projects: Águas Furtadas stores, MIMO store and Rota do Chá, besides the Miss Pavlova coffee shop.
In a space that once housed a hardware store in the city, you can find today a diversity of fashion, decoration and craft products. This enables our consumers to make a different choice without ever leaving the same place.
The Miss Pavlova cafeteria complements this experience by allowing the customer a break from shopping to enjoy various versions of the famous pavlova, accompanied by a wine, coffee or tea.
Unique and traditional establishment in the city of Porto specializing in the sale and recording of sports trophies. Canguru Sport has a long history of dozens of years awarding winners in all areas. The trophies and medals recorded at this establishment have already been awarded to all types of media and non-media personalities, such as athletes, artists, politicians, sports officials and even the Pope himself. In addition to trophies, Canguru Sport also produces flags, pennants, pins and even key chains. If you need to honor someone special or distinguish someone for an extraordinary feat, nothing better than resorting to the recognized work of Canguru Sport.
