A Padaria Portuguesa
A Padaria Portuguesa (in English "The Portuguese Bakery") is a chain of bakeries that opened their first bakery in 2011. Today there are 25 stores throughout Lisbon.
It all started when cousins Nuno Carvalho and José Diogo Quintela joined forces to create a space that combined good bread with the typical small Portuguese bakery feel.
I will not go into the economic details of it. Suffice to say that they plan to reach 40 stores by 2016 and to create 250 new jobs.
And I won’t argue if the bread is good, the croissant divine and the “pão de deus” amazing.
Here we want talk about design and architecture! So when entering one of Padaria Portuguesa's locations we immediately realize their common denominator: the tones revolve around terracotta and orange, the walls are black, there are funny statements on the wall, and light, lots of it! The flooring is handmade encaustic cement tile by Projecto Mosaico and it is so perfect that it looks like printed, but in fact it is the true handmade encaustic cement tile!
One thing is certain in Padaria Portuguesa: the atmosphere of the bakeries is well thought out to reveal the idea of a traditional and old fashioned place, but being modern, young and fun at the same time!
I only miss the typical cloth bread bags.
Marta.
AUTHOR'S NOTE: after publishing this post Padaria Portuguesa informed that they do have cloth bread bags. And the design... so retro! Check the photo on our Facebook and Pinterest!
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| dinheiro vivo |
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| listen to my hands |
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| a cidade na ponta dos dedos |
