Wines, spirits, and liqueurs of foreign origin are expensive at the
Braganza, as they are everywhere else, owing to the high custom tariff;
but the local wines, amongst which may be cited Collares, Cadafaes,
Collares Branco, Serradayres white and red, etc., are all good and
cheap table wines.
The next restaurant as regards comfort, cleanliness, and cuisine is the
Cafe Tavares, situated in the Rua Largo de S. Roque. It is essentially a
cafe restaurant, and is open from breakfast time in the morning till 3
or 4 the following morning. Tavares is the principal rendezvous of the
young bloods, both Portuguese and foreign, particularly so after the
theatres and opera are over and suppers are in demand. The revel goes on
from twelve o'clock until any hour of the morning, more especially as
regards the _cabinets particuliers_, which are best entered from the
back entrance situated in the Rua das Gaveas. A very good _table-d'hote_
lunch and dinner are served daily at the very moderate cost of 600 and
800 reis. The proprietor and manager is Snr. Caldeira, who is most
attentive and obliging to his guests.
If any visitor to Lisbon is anxious to try the Portuguese cooking, he
cannot do better than pay a visit to the Leao d'Ouro, situated in the
Rua de Principe, adjoining the Central Railway Station.
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