It was an impromptu stroll around the neighborhood that led me to the culinary safe haven of Ritalinos, an unassuming restaurant just around the corner of my apartment, one that was left undiscovered for an unreasonable amount of time. It was love at first sight, to be honest: from the cozy interior design to the limited…
So, ever wonder what this whole “matured meat” thing was about and ever thought it was just another way of those damned hipsters to just upscale a bloody simple piece of meat? Well, the hipster part you got right, but we’d bet you a bottle of good red wine from the Dão that even blindfolded…
Sometimes discovering restaurants or bars is a bit like falling in love: last year we went on a date with the wine shop/wine bar Carinho do Vinho, came to the conclusion that we were a perfect match and now more than a year later, sparks are still flying. Especially now that they have some seriously great food…
(NOTE: This place is now unfortunately out of business despite our beautiful article! We’ll miss it dearly. R.I.P.) We’ve said it before and we’ll probably have to repeat it until Donald Trump or some other crazy jackass blows us all to smithereens, but nearly none of Lisbon’s vegetarian restaurants could compete with places like “Nava…
(NOTE: This place is now unfortunately out of business despite our beautiful article! We’ll miss it dearly. R.I.P.) Sometimes there’s really no need to complicate things or make things more fancy just for the sake of it. The people at “Kababayan”, most likely the only Philippine restaurant in Lisbon, have realized this very well. The…
Here’s a pickle: it’s after 2 am in Lisbon, you’ve been out in some bar or other and you feel peckish. What can you do? You might go to Bairro Alto and see whether any of the bars or restaurants there are desparate enough to still serve some mediocre food or you just might try your luck…
LX Factory has unfortunately become one of these places that initially started off with the best of intentions, but is now more like a shark’s lair, full of places, cafés, restaurants, art boutiques and the likes looking to make a quick buck from rich yuppies, hipsters and tourists. In some ways then the beautifully rustic decorated piece…
Restaurants and cafés are always very ephemeral, but sometimes, when one of your favorite places disappears, a loss can be extremely hard to take. Such was the case with Miss Jappa’s space in Principe Real: first it was the home of Orpheu, a beautiful, cozy café which was then tragically replaced with Ucharia, a tapas-wine…
Hey there Come Prima! We visited you a couple of weeks ago for lunch during Lisbon Restaurant Week. It took us some weeks to get back to you, for which we deeply apologize, but now we finally have some spare time and here’s what we think. Since it was Lisbon restaurant week, for 20 euros…
(NOTE: This place is now unfortunately out of business! R.I.P.) Sometimes, going once to a restaurant isn’t enough to know what a place is like and “Le Moustache Smokery” warranted several visits before we could definitively make our minds up. The place, conveniently located in the gastronomic hotspot of Praça dos Flores, prides itself in home smoking all…
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