Gourmet products local specialties and wines Lisbon Area

This is pastéis de nata heaven. They are baked and prepared before your eyes, a bell announcing each new batch that comes out of the oven. You can admire them in their window waiting to be eaten. A real treat. Perfect in the morning before attacking your day of visit, for a little snack between two visits in Baixa, or between two bars in the evening. If you don't have time to go to the Belém factory, this is the place to try this Portuguese specialty! Don't be afraid of the queue, it goes very quickly.

Casa Piriquita, a historic house in Sintra, is a pastry shop (and tea room) located in the street that faces the castle. It is well known to gourmets and is always full. It is here that you can buy queijadas from Sintra, the local pastry shop (made with cottage cheese, sugar and cinnamon, not to mention many fresh eggs per kilo) that everyone enjoys. To avoid long queues at the counter, a more modern (and more common) branch is located at the top of the street, called Piriquita 2.

Real Italian ice in Lisbon: this glacier was created and is managed by Italians. Building on its success, Nannarella moved from 68 to 64 on the street to get more space. The list of flavours is not very long, but the essentials are there like vanilla, chocolate or hazelnut (avela). There are also more surprising flavours such as basil. In the summer, you will often see a long line in front of the store. At the old address, a pizza corner has opened where you can buy by weight one of the best pizzas in Lisbon.

Another option for ice cream if it gets too crowded at Artisani. After meals, the whole of Cascais gathers here, in line, to devour the best ice cream cones and pots in the area! The modern white-and-red décor, complete with family photos, presents the biography of Attilio Santini, the Italian-born creator and supplier to the crowned heads. Our favorite flavors are doce de leite and pistachio. There are also waffles and crêpes if you're not tempted by an ice cream.

Very bright and well furnished shops of the Groupe Martins group with good fresh products and fairly packed schedules.

But what is this about the real queijadas da Sapa? Would other establishments sell fake ones? Unfortunately, despite a careful investigation, we were unable to solve the mystery... To get to the bottom of it, you will have to go to this factory/café to taste the famous queijadas and compare them to the traditional queijadas of Sintra to know which ones deserve the title of true queijadas.

The legendary Cascais ice cream parlour, founded in 1949, with factories in São João do Estoril and Carcavelos (more recent), the regular supplier to the crowned heads, moved to the heart of the city in 2010. Facing the Armazéns in Chiado (shopping center), the setting is like something out of a scene from the movie Clockwork Orange or the TV series The Prisoner. It offers you its tasty seasonal flavors, among them: currant(groselha) or green corn(milho verde) but also more classic flavors for those who are not reckless.

An address just a few steps from the big traffic circle of Marquês de Pombal, where many Lisboners go to work. This huge pastelaria is the meeting place of the dynamic executives of the neighborhood, convinced by the fast and efficient service, as well as by the large choice of sandwiches and typical daily dishes (soups, omelets...). They say that their pastel de nata is awarded several years in a row (and therefore to be tested). There is also a small and pleasant terrace. For the price and the area, nothing to complain about: it's practical and economical

A small store, a former rope factory where people used to come to stock up on rafia, jute cloth and baskets... Here, you'll find many products from the Serra d'Estrela, from bread to artisan cheese. Their provenance and quality are of the highest standard. This store belongs to the Seia Bread Museum, where you'll find all the products of this region: compote, honey, cake, chorizo. Also unique, "sardinhas doces", chocolate sardines! A quality gourmet shop where you can buy products made in Portugal.

Belongs to the Carrefour group as a Dia in Spain or Ed in France, it is basic, but it finds the essentials in a rather sinister decor, without any music of atmosphere and with a little waiting in cash. Finally, we are there to make savings, not to make fun! Plastic bags are paid, but before you take their breath, you ask: um faz saco saco saco.

To rediscover the atmosphere of the old chromos: charming arched room, lined with Art Nouveau azulejos and columns. In front of the entrance, a panel announces "The Bread Cathedral". Mass is said! In this house listed in the impressive municipal heritage list, the breads are really excellent, the pastries deliciously sweet and tempting. The old counter has seen generations of regulars pass by and still welcomes many fans in an atmosphere that has nothing religious about it!

Impeccable presentation and service for this gourmet boutique faithful to the position since 1967. Fruit and vegetables not elsewhere, fine grocery, fine wines and cheeses, excellent meats. Near the casino, Nuno and Miguel Mendes, the founder's sons, perpetuate quality and excellence.

With its gray facade and modernized cozy interior, it is for all of Greater Lisbon a reference for pastries (including Bolo Rei and birthday cakes) and has been since 1934! It is sure that there must be a queue on Sundays for family meals... A few steps away from the Palácio hotel, it is the luxury tea room. A pleasure for the eyes and the taste buds for a breakfast, a brunch, a lunch or a snack, at tea time or when coming back from the beach! We also recommend their hot chocolate.

Since quite recently, this very small market (with a few stands) in the heart of Lisbon offers a wide range of horticultural products, fruits, aromatic and medicinal plants, fresh eggs, honey, wine and olive oil. Everything makes you want to! There is often at the same time a small market for gourmet products with cheeses, delicatessen, artisanal products of all kinds. Perfect for buying something to cook a good meal.

Sacolinha is a chain of tea rooms rather upscale and typically Portuguese. The prices are a little higher than elsewhere but the quality is there. You will find here all the local pastries, from the famous pastel de nata to the bolo de berlin. It will be difficult to make your choice, we warn you in advance. Everything looks so good... It is also the meeting point of the old people of the district who meet for the last gossips: guaranteed atmosphere. A real traditional tea room as we like them.

In Lisboa, you'll be amazed at everything the windows offer and you don't see anywhere else, but when you buy a specific item, it's often complicated. In desperation, you can try your luck on these 9 floors devoted to fabrics, kitchen and table accessories, bedding or camping… there are cheap items to bite some crazy laughter but also very beautiful things (almost complete collection of Alessi…). It is not the Galeries Lafayette, despite its claims, but retain the address.

This inter-professional association for the promotion of Portuguese wines organises in situ low-cost tastings of wines from the Portuguese regions, via distribution fountains. In this beautiful and large area near the tourist office, the Portuguese wine-growing regions are well represented by many beverages. Some wines are available for purchase at producer prices, it changes regularly... For more availability of hostesses and hosts, prefer a visit in the late morning or early afternoon.