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(Travessa dos Congregados 11; mains €8-15; lunch Tue-Sat, dinner Mon-Sat)
Tucked away in an alley,
and through a narrow iron-and-glass entry is this two-floor dining room with exposed
stone walls, wooden beams and a frequently changing blackboard menu. Great €6 lunch
specials and all-day layered sandwiches.
Café Vitória
INTERNATIONAL
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(Rua José Falcão 156; mains €7.50-15; noon-midnight Mon, Wed & Thu, 2pm-2am Fri & Sat)
Head to this
little-known gem for lighter fare in the cafe downstairs (good-value weekday lunch spe-
cials) and heartier Portuguese dishes in the elegant upstairs dining room (open Wednesday
to Saturday evenings). There's a pleasant garden out the back, and a festive cocktail-sip-
ping scene on weekends.
Casa d'Oro
(Alameda Bastio Teles 797; pizzas €8-12; lunch & dinner)
This concrete-and-glass clay-oven pizzer-
ia leaning over the Rio Dour, just upriver from the mouth, does terrific pizzas including
diavola
(spicy salami and oregano),
Vesuvio
(sausage and broccoli) and
fichi e prosciutto
(prosciutto and fig).
ITALIAN
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Book
PORTUGUESE
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( 917 953 387; Rua do Aviz 10; mains €10.50-23)
One of Porto's hottest tables, this place has a lib-
rary theme and buzzes with a mix of well-heeled locals and tourists. The decor is a mix of
industrial and classic, and dishes are modern takes on Portuguese mainstays, like baked
kid goat with turnip greens, and partridge pie with a ginger and orange sauce. Service can
be slow. Book ahead.
Escondidinho
(
www.escondidinho.com.pt
;
Rua Passos Manuel 144; mains €15-28; lunch & dinner)
Amid
azulejos,
dark
wood furnishings and starched white place settings, Escondidinho serves solid traditional
cuisine to a mainly tourist clientele, hence the slightly inflated prices. Chefs here combine
fresh ingredients and a wood-burning oven to create classic dishes.
PORTUGUESE
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