Opening a food or beverage establishment

Before opening a restaurant, café, bar or other food or beverage establishment, you must submit a simple prior notification (Mera Comunicação Prévia – MCP) to the municipality. This entails completing a form confirming that all the conditions for starting and running the business are met.

The form must be submitted online prior to the start of operations.

Service channels

  • Online

    To perform this service you need to login with one of the following means:

    Before clicking on the "Perform service" button, first select the district and municipality where your business is located to find out more about the service.

     

    Authentication issues with Digital Mobile Key

    If you have problems accessing the form during the authentication process, we suggest authenticating directly on the portal and then accessing the service.

What is your business’s location?

The information regarding this service depends on the place where you are going to perform it.