Old Taboadela school becomes café
- César Conde and Benita Dacosta have opened Lama de Prado in Taboadela, turning a former village school into a café nearly a month ago. - Conde left long-haul trucking, Dacosta kept waitressing, and the pair now serve breakfasts, homemade pastries and low-priced coffee in the old school. - The council ceded the building for the project as Taboadela pushes new uses for old spaces. (lavozdegalicia.es)
A former school in Taboadela is now a café called Lama de Prado, opened by César Conde and Benita Dacosta after nearly a month in business. (lavozdegalicia.es) Dacosta came from hospitality work as a waitress, while Conde had been driving freight trucks until recently. They now run the bar together in the repurposed school building. (lavozdegalicia.es) The café serves breakfasts, homemade pastries and inexpensive coffee, the mix La Voz de Galicia reported as drawing customers in its first weeks. Conde told the paper business had gone very well since opening. (lavozdegalicia.es) The project also gives a new use to a public building that had outlived its original role as a school. In a small municipality like Taboadela, that turns an empty space into a daily meeting point. (lavozdegalicia.es) That reuse fits a broader pattern in Taboadela, where the council has been converting older properties into community spaces. In January 2025, La Voz de Galicia reported the town had restored a ruined house as a Casa de Oficios for ceramics, crochet and basketry workshops. (lavozdegalicia.es) The Lama de Prado story is less about a trend piece than two workers changing jobs at once. A trucker left transport, a waitress stepped into ownership, and both tied the bet to a building the village already knew. (lavozdegalicia.es) For now, the old school is back in daily use, only with coffee cups and pastries instead of desks. That is the measure of the change Taboadela has made. (lavozdegalicia.es)
