April 22, 2024
The Perfect Spring Day: Porto
Porto | By Rafael Tonon
PortoIn "Porto Sentido," a song that has become like an anthem for Porto, the famous songwriter Rui Veloso describes his birthplace as having a “beautiful and darkening light” and sings of “seeing you abandoned like that, in that brownish timbre.” It's clear Veloso, one of the best-known artists of Portuguese music, wasn’t thinking about Porto…
October 4, 2016
Tasca Tables: Super-Fry Das Flores
LisbonRoughly a year ago, José, the owner of Das Flores, was heartbroken: he had just received an eviction notice demanding that he close the restaurant. And it’s not like he hadn’t been paying his rent – he had, but there were plans to transform the whole building into a luxury hotel. That has become a…
March 23, 2022
Cafe Allende: A Mexico City “Cafe Chino” Holds On
Mexico CityCafe Allende’s manager, Roberto Hernandez, stands behind the counter, serving customers pan chino out of a display case grown foggy from the warmth of the fresh pastries inside. “The idea was to come and study, finish school, and work as a technical engineer. But it didn’t work out that way. This pulled me in,” he…