Rooted in the tasca.
Grown in BC.
Maria Celeste is a 45-seat Portuguese restaurant in Vancouver, BC. Named for the spirit of the place — intimate, unpretentious, deeply familial. We pay homage to the tasca: the neighbourhood eatery at the heart of Portuguese daily life.
How we think about food.
Tradição
Tradition
Our dishes come from necessity and lead to pleasure. In Portuguese tradition we waste nothing — one dish creates another, leftovers become tomorrow's meal. Modern in how we make it. Traditional in how we eat.
Convívio
Conviviality
A restaurant should be like a play. You should feel part of something the moment you walk in. Maria Celeste is built around the table — a place where the best conversations happen.
Mãe
Mother
Our mothers' and grandmothers' passion for food has shaped everything. The soups, the rice, the slow-cooked meats — all of it rooted in memory, in love, in a kitchen that never stopped feeding people.
“Somos aquilo que comemos, mas o que comemos pode ajudar-nos a ser muito mais do que somos.”
We are what we eat, but what we eat can help us be much more than we are.
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