Closing Announcement

Café Porto has reached the end of its cycle of 16 years.

It has been a dream that came true, where I represented the best of Portuguese food, culture and my homeland, in this amazing city filled up with extraordinary people, visitors and culture. In my first years, I have helped promote mostly Porto City but also Portugal as a whole (now, Porto City doesn’t need promotion).

A big thank you to all who have supported us and a special thank you to all staff who helped to build our success and to all our suppliers.

Many challenges and victories have happened over the years, and we even managed to survive the Covid difficult times. The business has been re-growing solid, and the garden has been a great help.

However, it has exposed the lack of staff on the market which has been taking the toll on me and Mary, as we couldn’t build a proper working team.

At the same time, our concept uses imported goods from the EU, which would force us to increase prices to the level of “fine dining”. However, the 1% cannot support all businesses when in reality, 80% of employment is provided by small and medium businesses.

The business has been taken by my dear friend John, with his family Tandoori recipes, and you should try it as it is very good.

A friend

Pedro Almeida