Café Majestic
IndustryHospitality, restaurants
Founded1921
Headquarters
Porto
,
Portugal
Main façade, Café Majestic.

Café Majestic is an historic café,[1] located at Rua de Santa Catarina, in Porto, Portugal.

The building is from the Art Nouveau period, reminiscent of Parisian cafés at the time.[2][3]

Café interior.

History

The cafe originally opened in 1921.[4] It was designed to look like a Parisian cafe in the Art Nouveau style by the architect José Pinto de Oliveira. It was originally an exclusive and upmarket cafe that acted as a place for the elitist members of society to meet.

Present day

The café went through decades of decline, until it was considered a building of national historical interest in 1983.[5] After major restoration works, it reopened in July 1994 in the original Belle Époque style. Since the 1980s it has become iconic in Porto and is a popular destination in the city.[6][7][8]

References

  1. ↑ Café Majestic
  2. ↑ "Café Majestic é o sexto mais bonito do mundo". Jornal de Notícias. Archived from the original on 3 March 2016. Retrieved 4 June 2020.
  3. ↑ "Most BEAUTIFUL CAFES in the World". U City Guides.
  4. ↑ "Majestic Cafe". Traveller's Elixir. Retrieved 4 April 2023.
  5. ↑ "DGPC | Pesquisa Geral". www.patrimoniocultural.gov.pt. Retrieved 4 June 2020.
  6. ↑ "Review: Finding the routes of Harry Potter in Porto". East Anglian Daily Times. 1 November 2015.
  7. ↑ Chris Moss, Destination expert (15 September 2018). "The 50 greatest cafés on Earth". The Telegraph.
  8. ↑ Coelho, Sara Otto. "Câmara do Porto quer proteger, pelo menos, 37 lojas históricas". Observador.

Bibliography

  • Café Majestic. Porto: Ed. Quiosque.org, 2006.
  • Porto de Encontro n.º 34, special edition 2001, Porto municipality

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