Frigideiras do Cantinho

About us

Founded in the end of the XVIII century, in 1796, it is today the oldest restaurant business in the city. Created for making and selling the famous “Frigideiras”, it remains the only bastion of this delicious regional specialty, wich is still today manufactured according to the old recipy.

A treaty of gastronomic craftsmanship that this house is proud to keep alive for the delight of all its visitors, those of now and those of old times, like Júlio Dinis and Camilo Castelo-Branco, famous portuguese writers, that decided to enternalize the delicous pastry in the pages of their books.

In 1997, when the house was being renovated, fate decided to deepen the historical statute of the house, uniting the XVIII to the roman times, from wich remains the ruins of a Domus that rest today beneath the place in wich we serve our customers, that can see and admire them through a glass structure built for the purpose.

In 2000, year in wich the 2000 years of the city of Braga were being celebrated, Frigideiras do Cantinho decided to introduce “Bolo Romano”- Roman Cake, a unique and exclusive product of this house, adapted from an ancient gastronomy treaty autored by Marcus Gavius Apicius, famous roman writer and gastronomer of Ist century AD. 

Having built its reputation of tradition and quality for more than 220 years that endured through different ages and centuries, the world and society have changed a great deal, but not this house's commitment of honouring the recipes from the past that delighted generations after generations.

What would have happened to frigideiras, sameirinhos, tíbias and typical sweet speciality?What would have happened to each people and region cutural's identity, if the best legacies of the past were not preserved?