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Luiz da Rocha Café

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Luiz da Rocha Café

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    September 19, 2025

    The story of Luiz da Rocha, in Beja, begins with the confectioner Luiz da Rocha, who, in 1893, opened the eponymous bakery-café, becoming a central point of the city and a repository of convent and regional sweets. After the 25th of April Revolution, it was managed by the cooperative "Os Trabalhadores Unidos," which maintains it as a cultural and gastronomic landmark.

    To this day, it remains a renowned bakery, where the much-loved pig-shaped sweet is made.

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      October 1, 2025

      The century-old Luiz da Rocha café is a true institution in the city of Beja and an essential reference for traditional Alentejo sweets.

      The famous sweet porquinhos (porquinhos de doce), the cream cheese queijadas (queijadas de requeijão), the egg rolls, the almond sweets, and the irresistible chicken pies are part of a showcase of delicacies that belong to the culinary heritage of many generations of Alentejo residents and beyond.

      But Luiz da Rocha is much more than a unique café, much more than a refined restaurant. It is a pleasant and unique space for social gatherings, leisure, and communication, keeping alive the spirit and atmosphere of classic café-meetings, where Beja's social life, national politics, sports, and culture are discussed and debated.
      For 126 years, Luiz da Rocha café has been a part of the pulse of Beja's life.

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