La Madragoa Restaurante is a portuguese seafood restaurant in Santos, Lisbon.
La Madragoa in Lisbon's Santos: a 20-seat family-run room cooking arroz de marisco, bacalhau a lagareiro and grilled sardines with Douro wines.
Signature dishes: Arroz de marisco, Bacalhau a lagareiro, Polvo a lagareiro
Must order: Arroz de marisco for two, then grilled sardines.
Address: Rua da Esperanca 91, 1200-656 Lisboa, Lisbon
Lisboa a Noite in Bairro Alto: a stone-walled dining room from 1984 cooking bacalhau, whole fish and roast suckling pig from a domed brick oven.
Signature: Bacalhau Lisboa a Noite, Whole fish, Suckling pig
Order: Bacalhau Lisboa a Noite, the namesake codfish baked in a tile dish.
O Piteu da Graca in Lisbon's Graca: a workers' tasca lined in azulejos, baked octopus, duck rice and an Alentejo wine card, full at lunch every weekday.
Signature: Polvo a lagareiro, Arroz de pato
Order: Polvo a lagareiro, baked octopus with crushed potatoes.
Tasca do Jaime in Lisbon's Graca: a tiled tasca with a daily blackboard, iscas com elas and pataniscas at workers' prices, cash only, no bookings.
Signature: Daily blackboard, Iscas com elas, Pataniscas
Order: Iscas com elas, marinated pork liver with boiled potatoes.
Cafe de Sao Bento in Lisbon's Lapa: a 40-year-old steakhouse named after the parliament next door, garlic-mustard sirloin and dark wood booths.
Signature: Steak Cafe de Sao Bento, Prego no prato
Order: Bife a Cafe de Sao Bento, garlic-mustard sauce, served with shoestring chips.
Tasquinha do Lagarto in Lisbon's Campolide: a 1973 family tasca with Sporting Lisbon shirts on the walls, atum cebolada and baked octopus to share.
Signature: Atum cebolada, Polvo a lagareiro
Order: Polvo a lagareiro, baked octopus with potatoes, garlic and olive oil.
O Magano in Lisbon's Campo de Ourique: a 2002 Alentejano room from brothers Marco and Bruno Luis, petiscos, favas com chourico and pork-with-clams done right.
Signature: Favas com chourico, Carne de porco a alentejana
Order: Carne de porco a alentejana, pork with clams, the canonical Alentejo dish.
