The “reinvented tasca” has become a major part of Portugal’s young restaurateur culture, where local chefs take the past and renovate it into something more exciting. So, welcome to Cerqueira.
I call them “reinvented tascas” because they’re a little different from the “neo-tasca”, a term that’s often thrown around to define cuisine-blending fusion inside of a space that looks and feels like an old-school soul kitchen. Cerqueira isn’t mixing Portuguese cuisine with French or Italian; it’s a tried-and-true Portuguese restaurant, serving staples like cow tongue and oxtail, but it’s also not a nauseatingly sterile-white space illuminated by buzzing fluorescent lights.
Its warm orange paint job and slick menu design scream “young people run this ship”, making it a real IYKYK (“if you know, you know”)restaurant.
O jornalismo que a Mensagem de Lisboa faz une comunidades,
conta histórias que ninguém conta e muda vidas.
Dantes pagava-se com publicidade,
mas isso agora é terreno das grandes plataformas.
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