Forno Alto

Padaria & café · Bonfim, Porto

Forno Alto

Sourdough from a wood-fired oven, baked once every morning. Loaves, pastries and coffee from 7:30 until 14:00, or until the shelves are empty.

Open Tuesday to Sunday, 7:30–14:00. Closed Monday.

Reserve loaves for pickup See the whole week

Rua do Heroísmo 212, Porto

In the oven every morning

Today's bake

Loaves

  • Pão da Casa€5.20Country sourdough, wheat & rye, every day we're open

Pastries & cake

  • Croissant€2.10
  • Pastel de nata€1.40

The rest rotates through the week — see what's baked which day.

The week's bake

One bake a day. The house loaf goes in every morning we're open; everything else rotates. On Mondays the oven rests.

What is baked on each day, Tuesday to Sunday, with weights and prices
Item Tue Wed Thu Fri Sat Sun
Loaves · can be reserved
Pão da CasaCountry sourdough, wheat & 15% rye · 1 kg · €5.20 BakedBakedBakedBakedBakedBaked
CenteioWhole rye with sunflower seeds · 750 g · €5.80 BakedNot bakedBakedNot bakedBakedNot baked
Broa de milhoCorn & rye, dark cracked crust · 800 g · €4.60 Not bakedBakedNot bakedBakedNot bakedBaked
Espelta e melSpelt with Portuguese honey · 700 g · €6.00 Not bakedBakedNot bakedNot bakedBakedNot baked
AzeitonaBlack olives & oregano · 600 g · €5.50 Not bakedNot bakedNot bakedBakedNot bakedBaked
BagueteLong sourdough baguette · 300 g · €2.40 Not bakedNot bakedNot bakedNot bakedBakedBaked
Pastries & cake · first come, first served
CroissantLaminated by hand with butter · €2.10 BakedBakedBakedBakedBakedBaked
Pastel de nataCustard tart, baked at full oven heat · €1.40 BakedBakedBakedBakedBakedBaked
Nó de canelaCinnamon & cardamom knot · €2.60 Not bakedNot bakedBakedNot bakedBakedBaked
FocacciaRosemary & sea salt, by the slice · €3.20 Not bakedNot bakedNot bakedBakedBakedNot baked
Bolo de laranjaOrange & olive oil cake, by the slice · €2.80 BakedBakedBakedNot bakedNot bakedNot baked

Coffee all morning: espresso, galão and filter.

Reserve loaves for pickup

Each morning's dough is mixed the afternoon before, so reservations for a day close at 18:00 the day before.

  • Loaves only. Pastries are first come, first served.
  • Up to 4 of each loaf.
  • We hold reserved loaves until 12:00. Pay at the counter.

This form is a demo. Nothing you enter is sent anywhere, and no loaves are set aside.

Open days you can still reserve for.

Loaves

Only used if something goes wrong with the bake.

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One oven, one bake a day

Forno Alto is built around its oven: a brick dome, fired with wood, at the back of a narrow shop on Rua do Heroísmo. It holds one bake a day, so that is what we make.

Each morning's dough is mixed the afternoon before and left to ferment slowly overnight: flour, water, salt and a starter we feed every day. The fire goes in before five, and the first loaves come out as we open the door at half past seven.

We don't run a second bake when the shelves empty. Some days that means closing before two. It's also why we take reservations: if you want a particular loaf, we set it aside before the door opens.

A baking day

  1. Fire lit. The dome takes about two hours to come to heat.
  2. Loaves go in, then pastries as the heat drops.
  3. Door opens, coffee on, first loaves on the shelf.
  4. Closed — earlier if we've sold out.
  5. Tomorrow's dough is mixed and left to ferment.
  6. Reservations for tomorrow close.

Visit

Rua do Heroísmo 212
Bonfim, Porto

A short walk from Heroísmo metro station. A few seats inside, a bench outside.

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Opening hours
MondayClosed
Tuesday7:30–14:00
Wednesday7:30–14:00
Thursday7:30–14:00
Friday7:30–14:00
Saturday7:30–14:00
Sunday7:30–14:00

Or until we sell out, whichever comes first.