The building is from the Art Nouveau period, reminiscent of Parisian cafés at the time.
[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.
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.