Café Majestic Explained

Industry:	Hospitality, restaurants
Founded:	1921
Hq Location City:	Porto
Hq Location Country:	Portugal

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]}

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]}

Bibliography

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

External links

• • Recipe
• Café Majestic, Direção-Geral do Património Cultural
• Visiting Majestic Cafe Guide

41.1472°N -8.6088°W

Notes and References

1. https://repositorio-aberto.up.pt/bitstream/10216/75685/2/28124.pdf Café Majestic
2. Web site: Café Majestic é o sexto mais bonito do mundo. Jornal de Notícias. 4 June 2020. 3 March 2016. https://web.archive.org/web/20160303210822/http://www.jn.pt/VivaMais/Interior.aspx?content_id=1826259. dead.
3. Web site: Most BEAUTIFUL CAFES in the World. U City Guides.
4. Web site: Majestic Cafe . Traveller's Elixir . 4 April 2023.
5. Web site: DGPC | Pesquisa Geral. www.patrimoniocultural.gov.pt. 4 June 2020.
6. Web site: Review: Finding the routes of Harry Potter in Porto. 1 November 2015. East Anglian Daily Times.
7. News: The 50 greatest cafés on Earth. Destination expert. Chris Moss. The Telegraph. 15 September 2018 .
8. Web site: Câmara do Porto quer proteger, pelo menos, 37 lojas históricas. Sara Otto. Coelho. Observador.