Restaurants and Cafés

The establishment is on the roadside in a peripheral neighbourhood of Portalegre with places to park right in front of the door and a direct entrance into the dining room – a rectangle in grey and white tones with indirect light and immaculately white cloth tablecloths – and to its extension that is the bar next door, with a counter and two benches, a TV and appetisers. The environment is very calm and lends itself to conversation and the enjoyment of the delicacies prepared by the chef José Júlio Vintém with the regional produce, who recreates the flavours of the north Alentejo. His work is close to that of a craftsman who recovers the older ways of making those things the sophistication of which lies in their taste. 

The menu gives great relevance to appetisers, and there are more than two dozen, all irresistible: peixinhos da horta or green bean tempura, oven-roasted pancetta petals of Alentejo Pork PDO, breaded pork brains, breaded pork tail in tomato sauce, grilled pig’s ear, among others. Three very popular soups are the tomato, oregano and poached egg soup and follow these appetisers. Then there are the main dishes, which highlight both the quality of the produce and the skill of the chef, as the coriander açordas with deep-fried sardines and steamed bacalhau steak, stewed chick peas with farinheira and Chorizo Mouro from Portalegre PGI, a guinea-fowl broth and in the game season, stewed pigeon, stuffed partridge and wild boar loin or venison loin with mushrooms. Excellent conventual and regional desserts! Wines come from small producers in Alentejo.