What happens when mother and daughter get together, one an experienced cook, the other an interior design specialist? Porta Dezanove happens, a modern space with flavours that take us on a journey to other times. In this modern tavern, the house specialities are the codfish ‘iscas’ (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) with red bean rice, the Porta Dezanove Salad (rucola, lettuce, ox heart tomato, walnuts and cream cheese), the ‘peixinhos da horta’ (deep-fried green beans), the ‘alheira escangalada’ (sautéed meat sausage) with sprouts and fresh mushrooms sautéed with garlic. With its intimate atmosphere, you can take the opportunity to try the daily specials at lunch, have a snack and a drink at the end of the day, or even socialise with family and friends at dinner.

Confeitaria Porto Rico was founded in 1958 and since then has sweetened the mouth of many generations of the undefeated city. With its own manufacture, this space has as its business cards its Bolo-Rei, Pão de Ló and Serra Cheese. For many people it is the unavoidable place to have breakfast, but for many others, the Confeitaria Porto Rico calls at all hours of the day to taste its varied pastries, from Jesuítas, egg nuts, croissants, to Pão de Ló with Serra cheese, as well as its savory, patties, croquettes, among others. All this with the certainty that you will find a familiar atmosphere and the possibility of choosing a steamed delicacy, fresh from the oven.

Open since 1969, Concha Douro is one of the oldest pastry shops in the city of Porto. Entering this space is also taking a journey through time, promoting a welcoming environment from other times and a familiarity that one can feel. This does not mean compromising the constant updating and adaptation to the demands of the new times. Here you can make your meal at lunchtime and buy groceries; but the ex-libris of Concha Douro is its pastry shop, especially the confectionary biscuits, ‘seminaristas’ (smaller version of a traditional sweet made with puff pastry, with egg filling and cinnamon and royal glaze topping), ‘glorinhas’ (circular cake with a hole in the middle – it has more or less the shape of a donut – with a very high puff pastry basis; a thick layer of egg jam is applied on it and finally a thin white and crispy layer of sugar syrup covers it all), ‘pastéis de nata’ (Portuguese egg tart pastry dusted with cinnamon) and ‘Hungarian sweets’ (butter biscuit, half of which has chocolate coating). Concha Douro is proud of the quality of its products, which it promotes in the raw materials used and in the maintenance of the original recipes.