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The Café A Brasileira (''The Brazilian'' Cafe) is a café situated along the ''Largo Barão de São Martinho'', in the
The café first opened on 17 March 1907, a franchise of the already existing cafés named the ''Brazilian'' by Adolpho de Azevedo, a
civil parish
In England, a civil parish is a type of administrative parish used for local government. It is a territorial designation which is the lowest tier of local government below districts and counties, or their combined form, the unitary authorit ...
of Braga (São José de São Lázaro e São João do Souto)
Braga (São José de São Lázaro e São João do Souto) is a civil parish in the municipality of Braga
Braga ( , ; cel-x-proto, Bracara) is a city and a municipality, capital of the northwestern Portuguese district of Braga and of the histor ...
, in the historic Portuguese municipality
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The term ''municipality'' may also mean the go ...
of the same name.
History
The café first opened on 17 March 1907, a franchise of the already existing cafés named the ''Brazilian'' by Adolpho de Azevedo, a Portuense
Portuense is the 11th ''quartiere'' of Rome (Italy), identified by the initials Q.XI.
The toponym is also used to indicate the urbanistic area 15b, in the Municipio XV. The population of the urbanistic area amounts to 30.362 inhabitants.
There ...
merchant and Vice-Counsel to Brazil.Correio do Minho (19 March 1907) This new incarnation of the popular café opened on the corner of the ''Largo do Barão de São Martinho'' and ''Rua de São Marcos'', and included not just coffee beans, but also fine wines bottled by the ''Parceria Vinícola dos Lavradores do Douro'' (''Farmer's Winery Partnership of the Douro''). In order to attract clients to his wholesale coffee-shop, Azevedo continued the tradition that started in Lisbon with A Brasileira: he offered a cup of coffee, with the purchase of a of coffee beans.
Adolpho de Azevedo ran the establishment for 30 years, until it was acquired by Joaquim Queirós in 1937, who continued to operate the establishment for another four decades. Queirós maintained, and then integrated the neighbouring coffeehouse (''Café Sport'') which was located in the lower part of the neighbouring building, into ''A Brasileira''.
During the Estado Novo regime (1933–1974), a rival café, called ''Nova Brasileira'' opened on the opposite corner of the coffeehouse. It was during this time that ''A Brasileira'' became the centre of anti- Salazarist opposition to the regime, and the ''Nova Brasileira'' was visited by those loyal to the regime.
In 1997, the café came into the possession of Joaquim Domingos Godinho, who operated the establishment until 2004, when Armindo Pinheiro and his sons became the property-owners.
The café reopened in 2009, following extensive remodelling begun in September 2008, under the auspices of ASAE ''Autoridade para a Segurança Alimentar e Económica'' (''Food and Economic Security Authority''); the renovation included work in kitchen and necessary replacement of the old wood beams with stainless steel frames.
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