This little restaurant in Evora is well known….for being impossible to get into! They don’t take reservations, so you have to be there before they open at 7:30, or you won’t get a seat….of which there are 8. We walked by at 7:00 and there was nobody waiting. We decided to check out the Roman Temple at night to kill some time.
Then we walked back and it was 7:15, and there were already 4 people waiting. The last 2 showed up a few minutes before opening, and the restaurant was fully booked!
The couple sitting to the left of Kim, Pete and Terry, are from Menlo Park, and they know a guy I worked with at the Port (David Kikugawa). Small world! Really cool couple that I hope we can connect with when we are back in California.
The food was amazing! Husband and wife team and they run like a Swiss watch! I think we will be back tomorrow!
I just noticed…that guy in the background must be cheating on his wife….he is NOT happy I’m taking his photo!
“The food was amazing!” This travel blog brought to you by Random Expressions. God forgive me, but if you had to wait an hour to get shoehorned into this couple’s pantry for leftovers, one would think a full meal recital would be in order here. What did you eat? Burro jowls? Chicken toes? What Portuguese-ish dish did you risk diarrhea and a sleepless fever night for? Inquiring minds want to know! The photo paints a picture of a man who hit a deer on the way home and found a unique manner to profit from the ordeal. We want Gordon… Read more »