Padaria do Povo

What Padaria do Povo does

Padaria do Povo is a traditional Portuguese cooperative café and restaurant (legal name: Cooperativa A Padaria do Povo) operating a single location at Rua Luís Derouet, 20-A, 1250-153 Lisboa, in Lisbon's Campo de Ourique neighborhood. Founded on October 17, 1904 by proposal of King D. Carlos to manufacture cheaper bread for the parishes of Santa Isabel and Campolide, the establishment has operated continuously for over 120 years and still displays the original clock and safe gifted by the monarch. The business serves local residents and visitors through walk-in service and phone reservations, with operating hours of 12:00 to 23:00, Monday through Sunday, and an ATM available on premises.

The core product is a traditional F&B service — meals, snacks, and beverages — supplemented by an extensive cultural programming slate. Activity services include dance classes (Forró on Wednesdays and Thursdays, Samba de Gafieira, Tango, Milonga, and Samba no Pé taught by instructors such as Camila Delphim), Tuesday-night chess sessions at 21:30, recurring Cine-Padaria movie screenings, periodic bazaars including holiday markets, and live music performances (such as Os Rat Swinger on Wednesdays and concerts by Irmãos Catita). The venue also hosts private events and group celebrations. Pricing is not publicly disclosed and reservations are taken by phone at 21 362 0464.

The business model is a single-site cooperative F&B operation with no disclosed delivery, franchise, or technology revenue streams. Marketing is conducted through an organic Facebook presence using #apadariadopovo and #campodeourique hashtags, earned media coverage in Time Out Lisbon, Lifecooler, Evasões, Jornal i, Antena 1, and Spotted by Locals, and community word-of-mouth in Campo de Ourique. The headcount is 15 employees. There are no institutional investors, no parent company, and no funding rounds on record. The entity maintains a historic cultural partnership traceable to the Universidade Popular Portuguesa founded in its rooms in 1919, and active community partnerships including with Teatro Dos Aloés.

Name

Padaria do Povo

Legal name

Cooperativa A Padaria do Povo

Website

https://apadariadopovo.weebly.com

Company type

Private

Founded year

1904

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

11–50 employees

Short description

Padaria do Povo is a Lisbon-based cooperative café and restaurant in Campo de Ourique, founded in 1904, serving neighborhood residents with traditional meals and cultural programming including dance classes, chess nights, and film screenings.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Bakery & Café Services

NAICS

Full-Service Restaurants (722511)

SIC

Retail-Eating & Drinking Places (5810)

akta.pro primary industry

Ethnic & Regional Cuisine Restaurants (THAFACAD)

akta.pro secondary industry

Coworking Cafes / Work Cafes (THAFADAJ)

Keywords

• Artisan bakery cafe
• Neighborhood restaurant
• Community cultural space
• Dance classes
• Cooperative hospitality

Headquarters

HQ city

Lisbon

HQ country

Portugal

HQ region

Europe

Offices1 record

Markets served

GTM type

B2C

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Personnel, Supply Chain, Operations, Infrastructure

Revenue model

1. Food and Beverage Sales: Traditional restaurant and café model offering meals, snacks, and beverages to walk-in customers. Serves as a community gathering space with table reservations available via phone.

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels1 record

Marketing channels3 records

Core offering

Padaria do Povo runs a traditional cooperative bakery, café and restaurant serving neighborhood customers in Lisbon's Campo de Ourique area, offering daily baked goods, meals and beverages. Beyond food service, the venue hosts community-oriented cultural activities such as dance classes, board-game gatherings, movie screenings, bazaars and private events.

Product overview

Padaria do Povo is a single-location traditional bakery, cafe, and community space in Lisbon's Campo de Ourique neighborhood, founded in 1904. Rather than a unified software product, its offering comprises a restaurant/café service as its core commercial activity, supplemented by cultural and community programming including dance classes (Forró, Samba, Tango), chess sessions, movie screenings (Cine-Padaria), bazaar markets, and private event hosting. The venue operates as a social hub combining food service with community activities.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Café e Restaurante Padaria do Povo Walk-in bakery, café and restaurant serving neighborhood customers with daily baked goods, meals and beverages. Open to individual consumers in Lisbon.
• Aulas de Dança

Segments2 records

Ideal customer profiles1 record

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

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Partnerships

Two partnerships are on record, tiered core and minor.

• Universidade Popular (Universidade Popular Portuguesa)coreStrategic or Co-development Partner · 1 January 1919In 1919, Universidade Popular was founded by António Ferreira de Macedo and Bento de Jesus Caraça. The organization initially occupied rooms in the cooperative A Padaria do Povo - first as a lending arrangement and then as a tenant from 1924 onwards. This represents a historic partnership connecting the venue to Portugal's educational and cultural heritage.
• Teatro Dos AloésminorOthersThe Teatro Dos Aloés held their Christmas dinner event at Padaria do Povo, indicating a community partnership with the local theater group for group dining events.

Scale indicators1 record

Recent moves5 records

Expansion highlights3 records

Direct peers

• Café Brasileira: Historic Lisbon café founded in 1905 in Chiado. Directly comparable as a heritage single-location Lisbon café relying on history, location, and traditional Portuguese café culture rather than modern specialty positioning.
• Pastéis de Belém: Historic Lisbon bakery-café founded in 1837 in Belém. Closely comparable as a single-location, heritage-driven Portuguese pastry venue with strong tourist appeal and a long operating history — the most analogous Lisbon institution to Padaria do Povo.
• Cervejaria Ramiro: Iconic Lisbon seafood restaurant founded in 1926, operating from a single location in Intendente. Comparable as a Lisbon institution combining traditional Portuguese cuisine, strong tourist appeal, and heritage brand equity.
• Confeitaria Nacional: Historic Lisbon pastry shop founded in 1829, operating as a single flagship in Praça da Figueira. Comparable as a heritage Lisbon café/pastry operator with a similar single-site, history-led business model.
• Pensão Amor: Bohemian cultural bar and restaurant in Lisbon's Cais do Sodré. Comparable as a Lisbon venue that combines F&B service with eclectic cultural programming and a community/third-place identity, similar to Padaria do Povo's mix of food and culture.

Broad incumbents

• Time Out Market Lisboa: Lisbon's flagship curated food and cultural market at Mercado da Ribeira. Comparable as a Lisbon culinary-cultural destination that combines F&B with cultural programming and tourism, operating at significantly larger scale than Padaria do Povo.
• Manteigaria: Modern Portuguese pastry/café brand with multiple Lisbon locations and international expansion. Comparable as a Portuguese pastry-café operator, though broader in scale and more modern/digitally enabled than Padaria do Povo's heritage single-site model.

Market position

Strengths4 records

Weaknesses4 records

Competitive moat3 records

Key risks4 records

Key highlights5 records

Customer concentration

• Facebookfacebook.com/APadariaDoPovo
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Funding overview

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Investors

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M&A

Investments

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