Next to the Sá da Bandeira Theatre you will find the Restaurante Girassol. If you are looking for a restaurant to try the famous Francesinha (a sandwich from the city of Porto, consisting of sausage, fresh sausage, ham, cold meats and beef steak, covered with cheese later melted; it is garnished with a tomato, beer and piri-piri sauce and can be served with French fries as a side dish) this may be one of the candidates. In the window of this restaurant you can read about the history of Francesinha, inside you can try it. The restaurant has a contemporary look, the atmosphere is welcoming and the service is familiar and personalised. According to the people, they serve the best Francesinha in town. In this traditional restaurant traditional Portuguese cuisine is also eaten and the portions are served generously. Besides the mentioned Francesinha, the “posta com batata a murro” (heavy thick beef steak served with potatoes cooked in their skin) and the several codfish dishes are the house specialities.

Open for over 30 years, Forno da Boavista is a place where you can find a comfortable and pleasant environment to enjoy your breakfast, lunch, snack, or coffee with your family or friends. It is known for our special pastries, namely the Bolo-rei and the traditional and spangles sponge cake, as well as the traditional pastries and our pastéis de nata. There is also a traditional cuisine service, whose specialties are cod, francesinhas, Porto-style guts and roast veal’s aba. In addition to all this, it is a house that also specializes in domestic and foreign wine and liquor stores, such as Ports, Whiskeys and wines from the best Douro region farms.

Anchored in the center of Porto since 93 years ago, the oldest cheese house in Porto recently reopened and, at this moment, it is much more than a cheese house. It kept its essence and tradition in national cheeses, which are worked both in its original form, but also recreated and reworked in dishes by chef João Pupo Lameiras, using mainly Portuguese products combined with ingredients so good that they speak for themselves. The interiors remain faithful to the original, with notes of art nouveau and art deco, with the marble tables of the old café, the Portuguese chairs made of Brazil wood and engraved leather, the surroundings of the curved windows and cork.