Restaurants and Cafés

A centuries-old house in one of the narrow streets in the centre of Portalegre, that has been an inn, a butcher’s shop, a grocer’s and a tavern until Lourenço Mourato acquired it in 1985, and in 2001 transformed it into a restaurant of traditional Portuguese cuisine with a strong regional influence. It quickly became a reference of the regional cuisine and learnt to evolve, especially in terms of presentation but at the same time preserving the flavours of the past. And it continues to do so to this day, run by Luís Mourato, the son of its founder. The space, small and cosy, has a certain charm that comes form the brick arches, the décor alluding to the festa brava when the bull is let loose through the streets, typical Alentejo chairs made from bulrush, cloth tablecloths and also good glasses and cutlery. 

This restaurant specialises in meat, mainly from the well-fed wild bull and Alentejo pig. But everything on the menu is worth tasting, beginning with the starters with typical produce from Portalegre, such as brawn, boiled cacholeira sausage or fried pancetta, and others not so local, such as cured ham. The main dishes include wild ox on a skewer, stewed chick peas with ox-tail, kidneys from the Alentejo pig and roasted in the oven: Alentejo pork shoulder, wild veal cheeks and leg of pork. All the suggestions for desserts are irresistible: Portalegre egg sweets, fartes, sericaia with Elvas Plums PDO, fidalgo and other conventual delicacies. Wines from Alentejo, especially Portalegre! Service diligent and friendly!