Casa Cafe Mindelo

Top choice in Mindelo


Near the waterfront, this buzzing place serves up some of the best cooking in town amid chunky wooden tables and industrial light fixtures, with traditional artwork adorning the walls. The chalkboard menu lists changing specials like pasta with lobster, mussels in white wine, and Portuguese-style seafood stew, and there's live music nightly (from 8pm).

At other times, the tables near the cobblestones out front are a fine spot for espresso or a cocktail.