Restaurants and Cafés

Well located in Vidigueira by the main road, the restaurant A Cascata is a reference of the town and the cuisine of the region. In 2015 it will have been around for almost 50 years but only in the 1990s did it gain its current size and form, with the large windows and ceiling and the wood-panelled (Nordic Pine) walls of the room, after total remodelling. The owners, Marcelina e Manuel Covas, took it upon themselves to keep the restaurant updated and appealing. She spends most of her time in the kitchen and he does the rest of the work, assisted by their daughter. The large room has big tables and comfortable chairs and has a friendly, quiet and relaxed atmosphere.

The menu is but a list of appetisers and delicacies from Alentejo, from the cheeses, paio sausage and Alentejo pork cured ham for starters to the typical dishes, such as dogfish soup, that has been around since the beginning and used to be served on Fridays but ended up by being served every day, such was its success, all types of açordas, – garlic, purslane, spinach, bacalhau, pancetta, etc. –, Alentejo-style migas with fried pork, asparagus migas with a variety of Alentejo (or not) pork, oven-roasted lamb and lamb stew, among others. There is also a good variety of fresh fish to be prepared according to the clients’ taste. Good conventual and traditional desserts, such as sericaia, pão de rala, almond sweet, cream tart, condensed milk pudding and chocolate mousse. A selection of mainly Alentejo wines, the house wine being from the local cooperative and served in jugs.