Café Pão de Mel Revisitited

On December 15, 2007 we went to Poços de Caldas to do some Christmas shopping. I had heard that they had made some changes in our favourite coffee shop.

I was amazed to see they had had a complete renovation. Now they have more tables inside, more room and a fresh clean decor. Follow us inside and look at the marvelous changes.




There is nothing like a fresh coat of paint to make a place look new. New tables and chairs and new decor all add to the great appeal.





The amazing thing is they closed for just 9 days and reopened on Halloween. The place is more than twice as big as they expanded into the back.





There is more room behind the counter and the counter is also larger.





These new lights are decorated with festive ribbons.





A simple but elegant bowl of pine cones, balls and ribbon add a festive touch also.





The staff display the cakes, chocolates and sandwiches.




There is a new shelf to display some of the packaged goods.





But the food has not changed. Here we have sandwiches of pita, ham, tomato, cheese and lettuce. Along with drinks of our choice. They use those cards with numbers on them to accumulate our bill if we add more.



We were very pleased with the light, open decor (they have an all glass front now) to help brighten the atmosphere. They have done a wonderful job of renovating. I am amazed they did it all in just nine days.




These 12 business men, and others, meet here every day at 11:00 for coffee.




Pão de Mel are open every day until nine p.m.

They are located in Poços de Caldas in two locations.

Rua Paraiba, 228 and the location in these photos is Rua Prefeito Chagas, 117.




Congratulations Pão de Mel for doing such a fine job.




Photos by Urso Branco