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Bistro ContemporaryChiado
Bistro 100 Maneiras on Largo da Trindade in Chiado: the casual sister of 100 Maneiras in Bairro Alto, opened by Ljubomir Stanisic with late hours and a noted.
OrderThe tartare bar selection, two cuts compared side by side.
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Portuguese TascaBelem
Adega de Belem in Lisbon's Belem: a tile-walled tasca a short walk from Pasteis de Belem, bacalhau com natas, roast cod and an Alentejo wine list.
OrderBacalhau com natas, salt cod baked with cream and shoestring potatoes.
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Petiscos and Natural WineBairro Alto
Tasca Ze dos Bois in Bairro Alto: the in-house kitchen of the ZDB cultural centre, petiscos and natural wines on a courtyard, open evenings only.
OrderThe chalkboard petiscos plus a natural-wine flight.
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Portuguese TascaBaixa
A Merendinha do Arco in Lisbon's Baixa: a no-fuss workers' lunch room since the 1950s, bitoques, pataniscas and a daily prato do dia under ten euros.
OrderBitoque, the workers'-lunch steak with egg, rice and chips.
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Vegetarian Tibetan-portugueseAvenida
Os Tibetanos near Avenida da Liberdade in Lisbon: a Buddhist-run vegetarian kitchen since 1989, momos and curries with a quiet garden patio.
OrderA round of momos, then a vegetable thali with masala chai.
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Portuguese CervejariaSaldanha
Cervejaria Galeto on Avenida da Republica in Lisbon: a 1966 cervejaria with the original counter intact, late kitchen, pregos and bitoques until 02:00.
OrderA prego no prato, steak sandwich on Portuguese papo seco.