Taberna Albricoque
This enjoyable, welcoming restaurant – a renovated tavern with conventional tiled ground within the Santa Apolónia neighbourhood – focuses on the flavours of the Algarve. Chef Bertílio Gomes’s household comes from this southern area, and his seasonal, continually altering menu options dishes akin to octopus with candy potato and razor-clam soup, which evoke balmy summer season days and demand a calming glass of rosé. Day by day specials (obtainable solely at lunchtime) could be a bifana (pork sandwich) or duck rice. Mains begin at €17.
Closed Solar and Mon, Tues dinner solely, tabernaalbricoque.eatbu.com
Taberna at Bairro do Avillez
Chef and restaurateur José Avillez has given quite a bit to the metropolis, from the distinguished two Michelin-starred Belcanto to the straightforward Taberna, a nice place for a snack, lunch or fast dinner, on the entrance of restaurant Bairro do Avillez in Chiado. There’s an extended listing of charcuterie and cheeses, in addition to favourites akin to the thick and hearty steak and mustard sandwich (€15,75) and a extra elaborate broad-bean salad with chorizo (€10,50). New on the menu is the meagre (a big white fish) with pesto, cauliflower and inexperienced beans (€20,50). Taberna is additionally dwelling to among the finest pastel de nata, Portugal’s signature custard tart (€6,75), you’ll discover in Lisbon.
Open each day, bairrodoavillez.pt
Batata Doce
In 2010, Isabel Jacinto (nicknamed “batata doce”, which means candy potato) and her late husband, João Castanheira, created one of the vital fascinating locations to eat within the metropolis – a tiny house in Lapa serving African-Portuguese-Brazilian fusion delicacies. These days, supported by her kids, Isabel, who’s initially from Angola, welcomes locals and vacationers with scrumptious dishes, together with moamba (an Angolan hen stew with okra), moqueca de camarão (Brazilian prawn stew with coconut milk and palm oil) and alcatra (a beef dish from the Azores). Mains price round €15.
Closed Solar, on Facebook
Zuari
Zuari, which opened 45 years in the past, is one among Lisbon’s oldest Goan eating places. It’s a small household enterprise, nonetheless headed by its founder, Orlando Rodrigues. His spouse, Sheila, works her magic within the kitchen to create unimaginable crispy samosas, whereas daughter Débora’s conventional bebinca – a multilayered cake – takes a full day to make. The small eating room in Lapa smells irresistibly of spices and a tapestry depicting a seaside in Goa, a Portuguese colony till 1961, hangs on the wall. Don’t miss the prawn curry (€14) or the prawn balchão (a spicy, bitter tomato-chilli sauce, €15) and go away room for the ice-cream – cinnamon and ginger or mango – made by Débora.
Open Tues–Sat, Solar lunch solely, closed Mon, on Facebook
Canalha
A yr and a half after it opened, Canalha remains to be the speak of the city. Situated within the west of town, near Belém, chef João Rodrigues, recognized for the Michelin-starred Feitoria, is at the helm. He’s enthusiastic about sourcing the easiest produce (his Projecto Matéria web site maps producers he charges from throughout Portugal) and in Canalha he has created an informal eating place with distinctive delicacies, seen in each rustic each day lunchtime specials and extra elaborate dishes. With Lívia Orofino because the resident chef, Canalha has simply landed a Bib Gourmand award. The contemporary grilled squid with sheep butter (€25) and the open shrimp egg tortilla (€18) are pure joys. Sit on the counter to be near the motion – it’s like being at a chef’s desk.
Open each day, paradigma.pt
Pigmeu
A neighbourhood restaurant in Campo de Ourique, within the west of Lisbon, Pigmeu has a nose-to-tail method and retains issues easy, providing prime quality Alentejo pork, scrumptious greens and pure wines in a relaxed ambiance. Chef and entrepreneur Miguel Azevedo Peres sources natural meat and greens instantly from native farmers to advertise accountable meals consumption. Just lately he launched worth set lunch menu, with a snack, starter and fundamental for €17. The lunch menu modifications each week, however you possibly can at all times depend on the croquetes, pork sandwich (€10) and torresmo do rissol (crispy pork crackling). Pigmeu holds a Michelin Bib Gourmand.
Closed Solar, pigmeu.pt
The identify interprets as “Mom – Cooking with Love” and the partitions of this spacious restaurant in Estefânia are coated with pictures of the moms of employees and purchasers. Chef João Diogo Mendes creates consolation meals with a twist, many dishes are primarily based on his mum’s recipes, and people of his enterprise companion Raimundo Ferreira. The fish and prawn rice and duck rice (€18) are a up to date tackle a Portuguese staple (we’re the most important customers of rice per capita in Europe). Their moms can be impressed.
Open each day, Solar lunch solely, on Instagram
Prado
Chef António Galapito has been at Prado for seven years however remains to be creating a number of the most fun dishes within the metropolis with native, seasonal produce (most of it natural). His intelligent delicacies celebrates the most effective of Portugal with influences from farther afield (Galapito beforehand labored in London with Nuno Mendes). The fashionable plant-filled house in Baixa is flooded with fabulous pure gentle and serves pure and natural wines. On a latest go to, I beloved the candy potato snack with mussels and curry, in addition to the marinated mackerel with inexperienced apple and olive (€16). The entire Prado crew, led by Inês Pereira, is charming and welcoming.
Thurs-Sat lunch, Tues-Sat dinner, pradorestaurante.com
Garum Fish & Wine Bar
Fish and shellfish grow to be additional particular within the palms of cooks Filipe Rodrigues and Hugo Gouveia. The two began creating delights utilizing Japanese strategies at A Taberna do Mar within the fairly and historic neighbourhood of Graça, and have continued at Garum, its new sister restaurant, subsequent door. Count on enjoyable and daring flavours, with a deal with the Roman condiment garum, a fermented fish sauce (made out of umami-rich brined sardines – plus lots of experimenting over time). Rodrigues is now having enjoyable dry-ageing fish akin to tuna and seabass from the Azores islands for about 20 days. The seabass rice (€16) is the bestseller, and don’t miss the dessert of carob petit gateau, fig ice-cream and discount of Carcavelos wine.
Closed Solar and Mon, on Instagram
Petisco Saloio
Petisco Saloio in Campo Pequeno is without doubt one of the fashionable tascas (small, native eating places serving conventional, easy fare with a deal with fast lunches) rising throughout town. Its two younger cooks, Diogo Meneses and Carlos Pinheiro, beforehand had careers in tremendous eating however realised that family-style cooking was what made them comfortable. It’s a favorite place for dishes akin to the ever present bitoque (steak with sauce, chips and rice, topped with a fried egg) at lunchtime. The 2 each day specials (fish or meat) price €13 (go after 2pm when workplace employees are again at their desks). At dinner, the menu is broader, with petiscos (small sharing plates) starting from pork cheek sandwich (€8) to octopus stew with beans and sausage (€14).
Closed Sat lunch and Solar, on Instagram
