Located in Batalha Square, the famous and central point of Porto, Café Java has a history that begins in 1914. Right next to the São João National Theater, this space offers its customers a pastry service, in addition to snacks and Portuguese food, which is served at any time of the day. Famous for the taste of its dishes, such as codfish with bread, octopus lagareiro, house steak, sea bass, hamburgers and famous francesinhas, among other delicacies, the centenary Café Java is an important point to enjoy. take a break from your day in the city center.

The Taberna do Doutor owes its name to a friend and client of the owner, who was a cardiologist, but also a writer and painter, and who always encouraged him to expand the business. After Sinatra’s, in the surroundings, he opened the “Taberna do Doutor” (Doctor’s Tavern), to create a space that pays homage to the traditional Portuguese cuisine, where codfish is the protagonist. In the menu, you will find codfish boiled with chickpeas, à la Braga (fried codfish served with chips and fried sliced onions), à la Rosa do Adro (boiled codfish which is then roasted; it can be served with mashed potatoes or boiled potatoes), à la Brás (Portuguese dish made from shreds of salted cod, onions and thinly chopped (matchstick-sized) fried potatoes, all bound with scrambled eggs. It is usually garnished with black olives and sprinkled with fresh parsley) or baked on the plate, without forgetting other versions of the faithful friend, as the codfish salad, cakes or ‘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). There are other options, mainly of meat, as the steak à la ‘doutor’ (cooked in a very specific house manner), of veal, but there are also ‘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), cooked as the tradition dictates, as if it was the grandmother cooking.

Peneira – Padaria Artesanal opened its doors in March 2020 in a context that, as everyone knows, was not the most favourable one. However, it did not fail to provide bread, the protagonist of this space, delivering door to door, inside and outside Porto. Belonging to the owners of Intrigo, Peneira is a natural fermentation bakery overlooking the river. Every day there are different types of bread: wheat bread is always present, but you can also find carob bread, seed bread, sweet potato bread, rye bread, among others. You can buy and take home or taste them at the establishment. There are also cinnamon rolls, croissants and muffins made with several hours of fermentation.