Shop selling Brazilian items opens in Salisbury city centre

The Colonial Brazilian Market opened in Fisherton Street on July 7.

Owner Ednei Junior Consolmagno, 42, said that he was inspired to start the business when he saw how few shops offered Brazilian food locally.

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Ednai Consolmagno behind the counter at the Colonial Brazilian Market (Image: Chris Atkinson)

The former restaurant general manager said: “I moved to Salisbury about six-and-a-half years ago – I used to live in London before then – and the idea for the shop came from the fact that the nearest Brazilian shop we could find was about 45 minutes to an hour drive.

“So, I thought it would be a good idea to open one here.

“It was just at the end of last year that everything came into shape. Looking for a space in Salisbury – it was quite tough to find one. I didn’t want a massive shop and I didn’t want one that was too small, this size is good.

“It was at the end of last year that this space came onto the market, and that was when I thought ‘Now is the time to do it’.”

Ednai said that he has never owned a business like the Colonial Brazilian Market before, with his immediate business being a food trailer at the Maltings, which he left to open the shop.

Alongside selling a range of goods, the shop also has a space for people to sit and drink coffee, with Ednai also selling baked goods as well.

He said that the food options available at his new shop make it stand out from others in Salisbury, saying: “I’m bringing some new food and concepts to Salisbury.

“Brazilian food is not something you can easily find in Salisbury. The culture is something that not many people know about as well – people know about football, coffee, that sort of thing – but, for example, the street food we have is less known.

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The shop sells a range of products and has an area where people can sit and drink coffee (Image: Chris Atkinson)

“From six years to now, I have seen the number of Brazilian people in Salisbury grow, so I think that there is a greater opportunity to open a Brazilian shop, as there aren’t any others in the area.”

Ednai said that he has seen success since the shop opened, saying: “I’ve been open about a month or so, and I’ve seen so many not only Brazilian and Portuguese people looking for the products they can’t find anywhere, but I’m also seeing people who have been to Brazil in the past coming and looking at our products.

“We’ve had people come in who went to Brazil 20,30 years ago come in and find products they remember from then.”