Newly In-Season Loquats at Lisbon’s Mercado da Ribeira

LisbonThese beautiful giant cabbages were captured at Lisbon's Mercado da Ribeira, an essential stop on our Lisbon Eats: The Culinary Backstreets Essentials walk.

LisbonOn a hidden street in Lisbon’s residential Anjos neighborhood, Francisco (Chico) Jesus and Daniela Silvestre are busy prepping for dinner service. It’s still early afternoon, but there’s a lot to do before the doors of Patuá open at 7:30pm. Some Chinese art pieces are scattered about their restaurant, hinting at the tastes to come –…

LisbonLisbon in 2021 shared in much of the upheaval of our other Culinary Backstreets cities. Long lockdowns kept us apart from our favorite restaurants and tascas as well as our loved ones. But with the onset of summer, those restaurants that made it through that rough period saw the return of crowds. Lisboetas flocked to…