Pau de Canela

Pau de Canela is a pastry shop and café at Rua Latino Coelho 10, beside the Mercado dos Lavradores in Funchal, on the island of Madeira, Portugal. It is used as a stop before or after a visit to the covered market, one of the city's best-known landmarks, where fruit, fish and flowers are sold. The cuisine is Madeiran pastries and coffee, and it falls in the lowest price tier. No chef lineage or Michelin context applies; this is an everyday bakery-café rather than a restaurant. The signature items are the queijada, a small cheese tart that is a traditional Portuguese and Madeiran sweet, and the bola de Berlim, a sugar-dusted filled doughnut that is a popular snack across Portugal. Prices are low: coffee costs under €1.50 and pastries about €1–€3, which makes it one of the cheapest places to eat in the city centre. Hours are listed as daily from 7:30AM to 8:00PM, so it is among the earliest places in the centre to open and works for breakfast. The shop is a casual counter-and-café format where customers order, eat quickly and leave, and the noise level reflects the steady flow of market-goers. Arriving before 8:30AM on weekdays avoids the queues. Beverage options are coffee-based, in the Portuguese style of espresso, galão and similar drinks. Reservations are not applicable to a pastry shop of this kind. The location next to the Mercado dos Lavradores puts it within walking distance of the Zona Velha, the cathedral and the seafront, so it suits a morning route that starts at the market and continues into the old town. Visitors often buy a queijada to eat as they walk, or take a coffee and sit while planning the day.