With its crystal chandelier and bronze sculpture, the Aviz Tea Room was born in 1947 right in the Downtown of the city of Porto. This was the period immediately following the Second World War. Then in the 1960s and 1970s, the Café Aviz became one of the reference cafés for university students, helped by the poolroom that is now located on the lower floor, and this can be seen by plaques on the wall from various university courses. This reference was kept until the 1990s where there was a natural falloff, along with the general running down of the Downtown due to the outlying shopping centers.