The desire to make slow fermentation bread and vegan products was combined with the desire to pay homage to the entrepreneurial grandmother and homemade “baker”. Faced with the need to create products allied to the environment and a healthier and less cruel diet for living beings in general, Odete Bakery appeared. Here we see the return to the taste of bread the old-fashioned way, with mother dough, and pastry free of dairy substances or animal origin. All products are made with national flours, ground into stone millstones, preserving the quality of nutrients of whole grains. All the bakery, pastry and pizzeria is 100% vegan and naturally fermented. To awaken the palate of those looking for a plant based diet.

After years of growth in several of the main cafés in Porto, the founders of Ruial decided to establish themselves on their own and, in 1992, Café Ruial was created. It presents itself as a traditional place, distinguished by the quality of its speciality – the famous Francesinha. Traditional, with a sauce “behind the ear” – the most commonly praised ingredient – and the French fries, homemade, peeled by hand and always fried on the spot, make this Francesinha one to consider. Also known by the typical Portuguese little hotdogs and other dishes, which are characterised by the traditional taste of homemade dishes, it is an excellent option for any occasion.

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.