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Casa do Bolo do Caco

Garlic-butter bolo do caco griddled on hot basalt, a Funchal lunch-counter fixture

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AI illustration of this part of the island, not a photograph of Casa do Bolo do Caco
AI illustration of this part of the island, not a photograph of Casa do Bolo do Caco

The place

Bolo do caco, the sweet-potato flatbread cooked on a flat basalt stone, is Madeira's everyday bread, and this narrow counter just off Funchal's market streets is where visitors and regulars line up for it warm, split, and buttered with garlic, or stuffed with carne de vinha d'alhos. It is fast, cheap, and exactly the kind of spot a guidebook calls a local secret and everyone still finds.

When to come

Lunchtime on a walking day through central Funchal

Worth knowing

  • Mon-Fri 09:00-19:00, Sat 09:00-16:00, closed Sunday
  • Order it filled with cheese or carne de vinha d'alhos, not just plain
  • Counter service, cash-friendly, no real seating for a sit-down meal
  • Rua Dr. Fernão de Ornelas 26, central Funchal

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