Cafe A Brasileira Evening is a bar in Centro Historico, Braga.
By evening, A Brasileira shifts from the morning coffee crowd to an aperitivo bar, serving wine, port, local beers and light snacks under the same.
Tip: A glass of aged white port over ice at the corner terrace at dusk is one of the great cheap Braga rituals. The setting is the value.
Address: Largo do Barão de São Martinho 17, 4700-306 Braga
The bar mode of the Felix Taberna wine-and-food spot near the Sé. As dinner service winds down, the taberna becomes a wine bar pure and simple.
Tip: After 23:00 this is primarily an industry bar. If you are dining elsewhere in Braga, this is the recommended last stop for a final glass of serious Portuguese wine.
The most talked-about bar in Braga: a first-floor cocktail bar near the cathedral with a rooftop terrace that becomes standing-room only at weekends.
Tip: Wednesday and Thursday are calmer than weekends and easier for conversation. The terrace fills fast after 23:00 on Fridays.
Opened in 2016 by childhood friends Tiago and Vitor, Mal Amado sits on the street of bars behind the cathedral with 12 craft beers on tap and around 100.
Tip: Ask what arrived this week in the rotating taps: the guest craft slots change every Tuesday and the team has strong curation instincts.
The Belgian tavern of Braga: imported Belgian beers on tap and in bottles, a wide craft beer fridge and Braga's most beer-serious version of francesinha.
Tip: The francesinha here uses a deeper beer-based sauce than the Porto originals. Order the full version with fries and a Belgian Tripel.
The bar mode of the Felix Taberna wine-and-food spot near the Sé. As dinner service winds down, the taberna becomes a wine bar pure and simple.
Tip: After 23:00 this is primarily an industry bar. If you are dining elsewhere in Braga, this is the recommended last stop for a final glass of serious Portuguese wine.
The most talked-about bar in Braga: a first-floor cocktail bar near the cathedral with a rooftop terrace that becomes standing-room only at weekends.
Tip: Wednesday and Thursday are calmer than weekends and easier for conversation. The terrace fills fast after 23:00 on Fridays.
Opened in 2016 by childhood friends Tiago and Vitor, Mal Amado sits on the street of bars behind the cathedral with 12 craft beers on tap and around 100.
Tip: Ask what arrived this week in the rotating taps: the guest craft slots change every Tuesday and the team has strong curation instincts.
In the Cividade neighbourhood, Barhaus occupies a room filled with vintage objects, concert posters and an eclectic selection of furniture. The natural wine.
Tip: Come on a Tuesday when the new natural wine rotation lands. The bar posts the new arrivals on Instagram and the queue for first pours is minimal early in the week.
The Braga taproom for Cerveja Letra, one of northern Portugal's most respected craft breweries. Twenty-three taps pour the full brewery range daily.
Tip: The Letra Black stout is the bartenders' recommendation for first-timers. The seasonal releases sell out: check their social media for the current limited tap.
The Belgian tavern of Braga: imported Belgian beers on tap and in bottles, a wide craft beer fridge and Braga's most beer-serious version of francesinha.
Tip: The francesinha here uses a deeper beer-based sauce than the Porto originals. Order the full version with fries and a Belgian Tripel.
