Restaurants and Cafés

It is both a café and restaurant and both names suit it well. It occupies a large and traditional Alentejo house, whitewashed with blue trim, and has two distinct spaces: that of the café itself, spacious, where one can enjoy the appetisers and read the daily paper in an informal and homely atmosphere, and the dining room  that, although more sophisticated, has a certain picturesque quality with the azulejo wall panels, white walls, a striking traditional sideboard and a panel of azulejos evoking harvest time.  

The menu is long and surprising especially as regards the specialties – game. They include: hare rice, wild boar, hare and venison stew, oven-roasted wild boar and venison and hare with white beans. The migas are another one of the house specials, be they asparagus or potato migas, as a side dish for the variety of meats, all prepared according to traditional Alentejo recipes, in the guise of grilled Alentejo pork lagartos or carne de alguidar, for example. 

Among the favourite starters are crackling, Alentejo pork painho sausage, rabbit in vinaigrette, sautéed mushrooms and liver and pork steaks in vinaigrette; the favourite Alentejo main dishes are bacalhau açorda, dogfish soup, cuttlefish and bean stew, Alentejo pork abanicos, oven-roasted lamb, lamb stew, pig’s trotters in coriander sauce and Alentejo pork secretos.  

The favourite homemade desserts include honey pudding, soft cheese cheesecake, serradura and almond pudding, among others. All the wines are from Alentejo producers. Service friendly and competent!