Restaurants and Cafés

The friendly welcome is only comparable to the love and care with which the food is prepared in the restaurant A Esquina, in Barrancos. Idalina e Rosandio, the owners of the establishment, well located in the centre of the border town, divide the work in the kitchen and the dining room between them, albeit the desserts are always made by her and she does so with a joy that even the clients can feel. In the small cosy room with a décor focusing on bullfighting culture, entrenched in the history and culture of the people of Barrancos, one can also see the famous duly packed cured hams and sausages that are other symbols of local life. The atmosphere gives us the feeling we belong to the family.

The cuisine is based on regional produce and the menu illustrates this very well with the starters and all things sausage-related, be they fresh to grill, like the catalão, chorizo and the morcilha sausages, or cured, like the salsichão, the tenderloin pork paio or lombo em cancha, all from Barrancos, in addition to the Alentejo Pork PDO cured ham and sheep’s cheese or au gratin with oregano. The options are all excellent from the dish of the day (one fish the other meat, always changing) to the specialities, such as grilled Alentejo pork (shoulder, tenderloin, tenderloin steaks, secretos and plumas), a mix of Alentejo pork cuts (ribs, shoulder and tenderloin) and oven-roasted cheeks, chickpea stews and bones with cabbage, migas with ribs and sausages and bacalhau prepared in several ways to the joy of the neighbouring Spaniards. Typical Alentejo desserts, such as manjar de requeijão that is like  manjar real but with soft cheese and almonds and sericaia. A selection of Alentejo wines. Service very friendly.