Pasteis De Belem, Rua de Belem, 1300-085 Lisboa
http://www.pasteisdebelem.pt/
This is in Belém, near the Jerónimos Monastery, a nice garden, a few museums, the Padrão dos Descobrimentos... and, not surprinsingly, this pastry shop is one of the top attraction of Belém! Do not miss it!!! We mean it!!! The pasteis are just great... and do not eat to many of them neither! Once I met a girl who said that she would not eat them anymore because she got sick... from eating 12 of them in a row! Well... 2 or 3 at at time is safe.. so don't worry and go enjoy them!
If you visit only one café in Lisbon, this should be it. It serves an average 10,000 Pasteis de Belém (custard tarts) a day (the record is a staggering 55,000), a specialty made with a secret centuries-old recipe. You can have them inside the large rooms covered with 17th-century tiles, or use the take-away service that provides special paper tubes holding half a dozen.
Brasileira, Rua Garrett, 120, Chiado, Phone: 21 346 9541
www.golisbon.com/food/cafeterias.html
This coffee is in Chiado, in one of the main squares of Lisboa old town.
This is the city's most famous café, opened in 1905 with a magnificent art nouveau décor and known for the intellectuals who stopped by on a daily basis in the early 20th century. One of them was poet Fernando Pessoa, whose bronze statue (perhaps the most photographed in the country) stands amid the clientele of both young and old.
Cafe Nicola, Rossio Square, Downtown, Phone: 21 346 0579
Nicola was another of Lisbon's literary and political meeting points when it opened in 1929. It maintains part of its past in its art deco façade, but nowadays serves mostly as a tourist stop. A branch round the back called Nicola Gourmet sells 25 varieties of coffee beans by the bag.
Starbucks
http://www.starbucks.pt/pt-pt/_Our+Stores/
Oh... You all knew that this one would make it into the list! There is a starbucks in Belém, but please... do go to the pastries instead! There is one in Rossio old train station and one in Chiado's shopping mall. There might be more... it will be up to you to discover them all!!!
So if anyone misses old home Starbucks flavours... dispair not!
