Woodpecker

R. da Escola Politécnica 27, 1200-244 Lisbon. Sunday to Thursday from 12:00 to 00:00 and Friday and Saturday from 12:00 to 01:00.

To eat snacks at the counter: If comfort food was already king in this house, Pica-Pau now becomes even more Portuguese with a menu that invites you to sit at the bar. Dining room named after her, she quickly reveals the type of dishes that will be eaten here, and the cheeses and cold cuts immediately catch the attention of anyone who enters and passes by the new display case that decorates the counter. Brief and direct, this snack menu highlights the national, in the same vein as the small shop that, in front of the counter, suggests traditional Portuguese products, such as olive oil (19.50 euros), fleur de sel ( €16.00), ginjinha (€4.50) or canned sardines (€7) and mackerel (€5). As for food, accompanying the Nisa cheeses is Alentejo pork ham, coastal prawns, crispy suckling pig croquettes and octopus salad with peppers and cilantro. Finally, there are new desserts on the main menu: a pear that comes drunk with soft eggs and cream cheese that takes its sweetness from pumpkin.

cream factory

In stores in Lisbon, Porto and Sintra. Smoothie at 4.90 euros. Available to take away.

To try a pastel de nata shake: After ice cream, Fábrica da Nata continues to focus its attention on pastel de nata with a new product that promises to please lovers of this traditional sweet. Available at any of the brand’s outlets, the pastel de nata shake costs €4.90 and comes with the pastel de nata itself. Maintaining all its flavor throughout the process, the cream is cooked in the oven, transformed into ice cream and turned into a milkshake. At the end, a whipped cream topping is added that calls for cinnamon on top.

Fábrica da Nata’s pastel de nata milkshake is also available to take away

“April 25 never happened”

Teatro Nacional São João, Praça da Batalha, 4000-102 Porto. From April 11 to 27. Tickets at 10 euros.

To commemorate April 25: What would Portugal be like if we still lived under a dictatorship? This is the question that director Ricardo Alves asks in the play April 25 never happened. On stage at the São João National Theater in Porto, until April 27, this work by the Palmilha Dentada company is presented as a dystopian fiction, following the life of a Portuguese family that lives in a country that, unlike the rest of the world, , , did not advance and where the PDE is still active. April 25 never happened thus honoring the smaller and less obvious achievements of the Carnation Revolution. Tickets are available on the TNSJ website.

“April 25 never happened” is on the stage of the São João National Theater in Porto

ode market

R.cel. Lopes Mateus 13, 2070-641 Vila Chã de Ourique. April 13 from 11 a.m. to 8 p.m. Free admission.

To celebrate spring: workshops, live music, activities for the youngest and a market with regional products. This is Bodega Ode’s proposal for next Saturday the 13th, in Vila Chã de Ourique. From 11:00 a.m. to 8:00 p.m., Ode Market invites families and friends to browse the market stalls, where they can find products ranging from olive oil and jams to ceramics, crafts and footwear, and to participate in the four Workshops that They will take place 24 hours a day. Admission to these activities, focused on sustainability and oenology, is free and registration must be made through email [email protected]. There is also the possibility of taking a guided tour of the Oda underground winery, whose facilities date back to 1902. The visit costs 10 euros.

Bodega Ode was born in 2022, in Vila Chã de Ourique, Cartaxo

Elodie Bouny

Casa do Comum, R. da Rosa 285, 1200-408 Lisbon. April 14 at 4 p.m.

To see Elodie Bouny’s work: released in late 2023, the album moonlight will be presented at the Casa do Comum concert hall, in Bairro Alto, on the afternoon of April 14. This is the first solo album by French guitarist and composer Elodie Bouny and combines classical music with popular music. On stage, Bouny will welcome the Brazilian singer Nani Medeiros to perform the songs “Barcos ao mar” (E. Bouny/Iara Ferreira), “Pasarero” (Carlos Aguirre) and “Quimera de São Jorge” (Miguel Rabello/Roberto Didio) .

Elodie Bouny moved to Lisbon four years ago, after 13 years in Brazil

Tapisco

R. Dom Pedro V 81, 1250-096 Lisbon. Monday to Friday from 12:00 to 16:00 and from 18:30 to 00:00. Saturday and Sunday from 12:00 to 00:00.

To try new dishes from chef Sá Pessoa: The arrival of the new season demands new flavors and that is why chef Henrique Sá Pessoa presents a new menu at Tapisco, always with Portuguese and Spanish cuisine in harmony. To start, the menu is filled with snacks, with mushroom picapau and Spanish-style mussels, and continues with the main ones: grouper stew and seafood rice come in casseroles, and roast cod loin with tomato crumbs and duck rice. with black pork chorizo. In sweets, Portugal dominates with sericaia d’Elvas plum and lemon and rice pudding sorbet, whose cinnamon appears in the ice cream, accompanied by caramelized apple.

Tapisco inaugurated in 2017 on Rua de D. Pedro V, in Príncipe Real, by Henrique Sá Pessoa

Peixoco

José Mourinho 28, 2900-633 Setúbal. Until 15 April.

To make the cuttlefish king: If the cuttlefish is already the main protagonist of Setúbal, in April Peixoco will make it queen. This restaurant in Setúbal challenged chefs Glediston Santos, from Deusa Picante and Praça Beato, and Giacomo Pazzarelli, from Pizzeria Madia, to create different dishes and snacks with this typical product of the region that will be available on its menu throughout the month of April. Until April 15, you can try the crispy cuttlefish submarine at Peixoco, created by chef Glediston Santos. This type of hot dog is made up of crispy cuttlefish, served on milk bread, with seaweed tartar, homemade pickles, cheddar cheese, fresh herbs and chilli pearls. The dish costs €10.

Peixoco opened its doors in Setúbal in 2017

“The blue earthenware of Safra”

Soares dos Reis National Museum, R. de Dom Manuel II 44, 4050-522 Porto. Until June 23. Admission at 8 euros.

To discover a 200-year-old tableware collection: Closed since 1850, the Miragaia Tableware Factory, in Porto, has been operating for about 80 years and now sees some of its products exhibited at the Soares dos Reis National Museum. With the theme of vintage blue earthenware, exhibition A Safra Blue Earthenware It will be available until June 23 and presents a set of tableware pieces dating from the period between 1775 and 1822. With this work, the museum aims to reinforce the visibility and knowledge of its ceramic collection, which currently includes around 4,000 pieces of different typologies. Tickets cost €8 and can be purchased online.

Tajo Appetizers and Wines

It takes place in 27 restaurants and gastrobars in Santarém. Until May 5.

To snack and drink a glass of wine: Santarém once again hosts Petiscos & Vinho do Tejo in a 4th edition in which 27 restaurants in the urban area of ​​that city of Ribatejo will welcome their customers throughout the month of April to try a snack and a glass of wine from the Vinhos region do Tajo for €10. Among the restaurants participating in this gastronomic event are A Burguesita, A Caravela, Black Frog, Bom Garfo, Flor do Ribatejo, Casa Lusitana, O Torgal and Tascá.

BlackFrog is one of the 27 restaurants of Petiscos & Vinhos do Tejo

Cantina Ventozelo

5130-057 Ervedosa del Duero. Monday to Friday during the month of April. Lunch at 45 euros.

To pay tribute to the Douro: During the month of April, Cantina de Ventozelo will have a lunch menu available that pays tribute to the Douro River. In charge of chef José Guedes, the menu at O ​​Rio Douro is made up of a topping of bread, olive oil and olives, snacks of pickled shad and riverside plants, a main of trout with herb soil and creamy rice of peppers and a dessert to choose from a menu. For a cost of €45 per person, this special menu also includes pairings with DOC Douro and Porto Quinta wines from Ventozelo and Dalva.

The O Rio Douro menu is available from Monday to Friday at noon

The green issue

In total The Green Affair in Lisbon. Every day from 12 to 23 hours.

To try a different dish every day: Every day of the week, all four The Green Affairs in Lisbon will have two different limited edition dishes available that are presented as vegan interpretations of Italian cuisine. For this Friday, Saturday and Sunday there are steaks with mushrooms and rigatoni del giorno (April 12), organic tofu breading and legumi lasagna (on the 13th) and Gomes de Sá tofu and rigatoni alla norma (on the 14th). The dishes cost €9.95 each but can also be enjoyed as a menu, with starter and drink, for €12.95.

The limited edition proposals are available every day, between 12:00 and 23:00, including Saturdays and Sundays, and are subject to existing stock.

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