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Padaria Aurora
Golden pão de queijo in a linen-lined basket

Plaza Midwood · Charlotte, NC

Padaria Aurora

Brazilian breads and pastries, baked here every morning.

A family bakery making the pão de queijo, salgados and celebration cakes of Minas Gerais and São Paulo, for walk-in customers, offices and events across Charlotte.

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Baked daily from 5 am

Everything is made in-house the same morning. No frozen dough.

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Family recipes

From our grandmother's kitchen in Belo Horizonte.

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Naturally gluten-free

Our pão de queijo uses tapioca flour and aged cheese.

Golden coxinhas on a ceramic platter
Coxinhas & salgados
A cafezinho on the bakery's marble counter
Cafezinho at the counter

What neighbors say

“The pão de queijo tastes exactly like my aunt's in São Paulo. I stop in every Saturday.”
Mariana S. · Regular since opening day
“They catered our team breakfast for forty people. Everything was on time and gone in fifteen minutes.”
Derek T. · Office catering
“Our daughter's birthday cake was the best part of the party. The passion fruit filling is unreal.”
Ana and Chris P. · Celebration cake

Planning an order? Tell us the date and headcount.

We cater birthdays, weddings, showers and team meetings. Most orders need 48 hours’ notice.

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