Sofaer & Co International Limited

in 1906, isaac sofaer, the son of a family of provisions purveyors from bagdad who came to rangoon as a child, commissioned the renowned architect thomas swales to construct the sofaer & co building to be a centre of commerce at the most prestigious postcode in the region at the turn of the twentieth century – lower pansodan road. in 2016, a group of friends who met in yangon stumbled upon a derelict unit at the far right of the once thriving emporium, which was being used as a warehouse for plastic packaging. a dream was born: to revive a place that could be a space for the meeting of minds, to build a home away from home for people at crossroads in a country at crossroads. sofaer & co. adopted the name of its namesake building. here we celebrate life’s simple pleasures – coffee, cocktails and an open kitchen with the freshest local and regional ingredients. sofaer & co’s space preserved most of the original features of the building – including the encaustic victorian-era tiles fro