Bacalhau

Ribeira


The name bacalhau (dried salt-cod) should give you an inkling as to the star of the menu here. Snag a table on the walls to gaze at the river while digging into all-Portuguese petiscos and bacalhau-inspired dishes, be it fresh cod with an egg-yolk and cod roe açorda (stew) or codfish with turnip greens and chorizo.


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