View of the interior of the confectionery Columbus.
The Colombo Confectionery is located in the historic center of the city of Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, and is one of the main tourist attractions in the Central Region of the city. Recently it was chosen as one of the 10 most beautiful coffees in the world.
It was founded in 1894 by the Portuguese immigrants Joaquim Borges de Meireles and Manuel José Lebrão, credited with an extensive list of famous clients among Brazilian society.
Its architecture and atmosphere give you an idea of what the Belle Époque would have been like in the then capital of the Republic. Between 1912 and 1918 the salons inside the confectionery were renovated with an Art Nouveau touch, with huge glass mirrors brought from Antwerp, framed by elegant friezes carved from rosewood. The interior wood furniture was carved at the same time by the craftsman Antonio Borsoi.
In 1922 its facilities were extended with the construction of a second floor, with a tea room. An opening in the roof of the ground floor allows you to see the skylight of the tea room, decorated with beautiful stained glass.
Among the famous clients of the confectionery can be mentioned Chiquinha Gonzaga, Olavo Bilac, Emilio de Meneses, Ruy Barbosa, Heitor Villa-Lobos, Lima Barreto, José do Patrocínio, Getúlio Vargas and Juscelino Kubitschek, among many others. p> subsidiaries
In 1944 he opened a branch in Copacabana, on the corner of Avenida Nossa Senhora de Copacabana and Barão de Ipanema Street, which ran until 2003, when he moved to Copacabana Fort, where he remains. The old building is occupied by a branch of Banco do Brasil, named Colombo in honor of the confectionery.
It also had a second subsidiary in Barra Shopping, located in the food plaza Rio Antigo. Inaugurated in 1992, the store owned stained glass windows designed by Roberto Burle Marx. The subsidiary was closed in the 1990s.
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