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A to Z Directory of Gay Restaurants in Lisbon
| Restaurant Name | Description | More |
|---|---|---|
| Bota Alta | Portuguese and some international food, two small dining rooms decorated in rustic style |  |
| Imperio dos Sentidos | This gay restaurant is a must for food and drink lovers, offering international Portuguese and vegetarian dishes | |
| Les Mauvais Garcons | This gay restaurant bar offers a more informal dining experience with old leather armchairs and wrought iron tables | |
| Pap Acorda | For a special occasion or just to put on your Sunday best and treat you’re self then Pap Acorda is the place you are looking for | |
| Be Gold | Two dining rooms each decorated differently the first has a Burmese feel to it and the other is more Rio de Janeiro | |
Lisbon Gay Restuarnats Guide
Dining Out in Gay Lisbon - A guide to Gay Restaurants
With literally hundreds of restaurants on offer, eating out in Lisbon is taste sensation and an experience not to be missed. With an emphasis on seafood and the usual spicy Portuguese fare, this country has a love of spices, especially cinnamon and vanilla, which can be seen in their love of pastries, especially of the custard variety, such as the pastel de nata, a small custard tart sprinkled with cinnamon.
Piri piri, small fiery peppers, black pepper and saffron are also popular spices that are commonly used in Portuguese cooking. Try the caldo verde with potato, shredded cabbage and chunks of spicy chorizo sausage, or authentic Portuguese sardines, grilled as sardinhas assadas.
Head to the city centre where all the trendiest and most popular Lisbon restaurants can be found, while the barrio Alto is a good place to sample Indian cuisine. The area of Lapa is known for cosy and well-established restaurants while Estoril and Cascal's restaurants come with breathtaking ocean views. When in Portugal, many choose to have a lengthy and drawn out lunch, pushing dinner later into the night and visitors will have to adapt to this.
Great gay-friendly restaurants in Lisbon abound. Funky fondue restaurant Found You (Trav dos Inglesinhos 34-40. http://www.foundyou.com.pt) and its precious sibling Be Gold (Rua da Rosa 151. http://www.begold.com.pt) have gleaming, modern interiors.
The eclectic décor of Mercearia De Comida (Rua da Barroca 90-92) gives it a timeless ambience, although it’s brand new. Owner Ana Pereira’s grandmother had a grocery store, to which friends and neighbors would bring a chair from their homes so they could sit and chat, inspiring the quirky mix of mismatched chairs, shelves of produce, and daily specials chalked up on old wooden fruit crates. The menu is market fresh, the morcela sausage is flambéed in a kitsch pig-shaped pot. My shrimp and black bean feijoada was delicious, and my waiter cute and flirty.
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