A neighborhood bakery that marked the beginning of the era of slow-fermented bread in Lisbon, and from where several batches of professionals left for other businesses in the city.
ISCO Bread and Wine
ISCO has lived several lives, but since it opened in 2018, it has maintained a solid role as the benchmark bakery in the Alvalade neighborhood, a place for families, where even pawrents are regulars and have preferences in the window. Natalie Castro, a cook with a love of bread, is the face of the space, from which dozens of bakers and pastry chefs who have populated other bakeries in the city have come in recent years. The shelves hold classics from the opening, such as kanelbulle, a Swedish cake, side by side with homemade puff pastry gems, such as croissants and pain au chocolat; as well as muffins and fruit tarts, and various seasonal cakes dedicated to holidays, such as galette des rois or Easter cross buns. In the field of bread, wheat, spelt and brioche win the race.