ARAE encerra restaurante ‘The Golden Island’

Tobi Hughes·
Madeira News

A restaurant i have not heard of.

The Regional Authority for Economic Activities (ARAE) has closed another establishment in Funchal, this time the restaurant ‘The Golden Island’, located on Estrada Monumental, in Funchal.

The temporary closure of the restaurant establishment occurred after an inspection by this public entity.

When questioned by DIÁRIO, the entity confirmed that “as part of ARAE’s normal activity, there was an inspection action against the company in question and this action led to the temporary suspension of the company’s economic activity”.

This is the fourth closure reported in the space of three days, with two Penha D’Águia pastry shops and Apolo.

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3 Responses

  1. Don’t these so called reporters ever ask on what grounds these establishments are forced to close? is there some legislation that forbids the questioning of authority?

  2. Hello Tobi, the thing with the restaurants is a sign that a lot of things are not right here on the island. We are pensioners and have lived here for four years. It was very quiet during the Covid period. Now everything is back on track but a lot of things have gone too far. This also includes the many restaurants, many of which do what they want. Here in Rua Ponta da Cruz, opposite Madeira Magic, there are five restaurants in the Edificio Rodamar block. All five have built their restaurant extensions on the pedestrian path in front of the building. They don’t pay rent for this. According to the law, they have left too little space for pedestrians, it is 1.5 m. A wheelchair can just about get through.
    Bruno from Real Canoa takes it the furthest. He has set up a huge menu in such a way that you trip over it. Then he has another menu in front of the entrance, so that only 1 m remains there. It is open 6 days a week and advertises “live music” on its website. Its guests, mainly older people from Great Britain, enjoy it and sing along loudly. The noise is unbearable, 6 times a week. But it does not have a license for this. There is also no permission for the porch.
    Another concern is the commercial waste that the restaurants dispose of in our garbage house. It is mainly the leftover food that is simply thrown away and the sauce runs out of the containers and smells terrible. There is a law that commercial waste is not disposed of in the same container as household waste. But they do not have their own disposal point. It is unbelievable.
    The residents have put up with it since the pandemic is over. Nothing has happened. We have formed a residents’ group to make ourselves strong. The government knows it, the conditions are reported very often. When we try to talk to the restaurants they say: “If you don’t like it here, then go somewhere else.”
    There is a lot more to report, but I’ll leave it at what I had to get off my chest for today.
    Thanks, Bjoern

    1. Sounds like a bucket of water thrown down every now and then is needed. I would keep the complaints going in daily or weekly , as the rules are in place so if they are breaking them they will be informed.

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