The Take Time Restaurant invites you to spend a pleasant moment, in the company of those you like best and in the company of good food. It has cafeteria service and bar service, and the space can be reserved for events such as birthdays or group dinners. The speciality is actually its cuisine, with bets on traditional Portuguese cuisine and the offer of dishes included in menus, at very competitive prices. The menu includes dishes such as veal “à jardineira” (served with potatoes, carrots and peas), grilled bream, hake fillets, grilled feasts, game sausage, “carne de porco à Alentejana” (pork with clams), grilled horse mackerel, gizzards cooked by the chef (house speciality), grilled ribs “à lagareiro” (cooked in olive oil) , Tripas à moda do Porto” (the most representative dish of Porto that dates back to the time of the Portuguese Discoveries is cooked with tripe and fat meat, accompanied with thick slices of dark bread; today instead of bread white beans are used), just to mention a few. There is a take-away service.

Sarmas is a restaurant with a sophisticated and modern decoration, which gives it a warm and cosy atmosphere, inviting to abstraction and to take an effective break. The bet is clear, confection of dishes based on traditional Portuguese cuisine, with a varied and different offer every day. There are options of soup, there may be cream of vegetables, cabbage soup, green beans soup, julienne soup, there are options of fish, such as codfish ‘pataniscas’ (they consist of pieces of shredded cod fried in wheat flour, seasoned with salt and sometimes pepper and parsley; they have a flattened or spherical irregular shape, if fried in abundant fat and are about 8-12 cm in diameter), roasted sea bass, hake velvet, “bacalhau à Gomes de Sá” (a casserole of codfish, potatoes, eggs, olives, olive oil and onion),hake fillets, among others, and meat options, with stewed veal, breaded chicken, lasagna, roasted ribs, “carne de porco à Alentejana” (pork with clams), among many others.

On April 25, 1947, Vicente Peres founded the Sical-Coffee Importer Society. A few years later, the Sical Cafeteria took another step, starting to serve coffee by the cup and continues with the transformation of the place into a cultural landmark, enriching its walls, in 1964, with two tile panels by Júlio Resende. In 2017, the master António Bessa, apprentice of Julio Resende, adds to the estate of the house another work. Confeitaria SICAL is currently a modern space with a relaxed atmosphere that complements the sophisticated views of downtown Porto with its own brand coffee. You can go with a refined pastry, varied sandwiches, toasts, natural juices and teas.