Welcome to Skewer House, Taunton
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A family run Restaurant serving "Espetadas", traditional Madeiran skewers.
The family are from the island of Madeira, a small Portuguese island in the middle of the Atlantic Ocean.
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The Skewer House is our slice of Madeira in Taunton.​
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OUR STORY​​​​​​
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Mum has run her Restaurant 'O' Picado' since 2003 in Essex,
serving a varied range of Madeiran dishes. Espetada quickly
became a customer favourite.
Over the years, the siblings grew up working within the business,
learning all areas of the trade, typical of a Portuguese family.
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Moving to Somerset in 2014, Diogo & husband Nathan, quickly realised that Somerset could benefit from some Portuguese flavour and found the perfect listed building in Taunton. They set out to create a space to be reminiscent of a traditional "Casa De Espetada", "a skewer house", like one you would find back home.
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Sourcing wood from the Quantocks, handmaking tables, crockery from Madeira and church pews from a church in Bridgwater. They focused on every detail to transform the building, opening the Skewer House on 16th October 2016.
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Having slowly become one of the best restaurants in Taunton, with a reputation that we are extremely proud of, we decided to open a new Restaurant with a different cuisine. A Spanish & Portuguese Tapas & Paella Restaurant, located in the historical Bath Place. On 27th September 2019 came "Nobregas" named after our late 'Avo' (Grandmother in Portuguese) and run by Sofia and her amazing team, serving food Avo Nobrega would have been proud of.
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Having been hit with various difficulties post Brexit, it did not matter how busy we were, Nobregas had to sadly close its doors in October 2023.
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January 2021, Sofia took over the Skewer House, making various changes over the years, transforming the restaurant into what it is today.
January 2022, Sofia & husband Pedro, opened a Brunch & Dessert Parlour, located on Bath Place, called Corner Club. You can find Skewer House's Famous Cheesecakes & Nobrega's Homemade Cronuts in the dessert counter, made fresh daily! You can also find homage to their restaurants in form of a Skewer House & Nobregas Bagel as well as other delicious savoury & sweet dishes.
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We love what we do and we hope that one day, our children will tell their version of this story, as proudly as we tell ours today.
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