A great Portuguese meal has a habit of making the drive there feel much shorter than the drive home.
Across New York, restaurants are turning out plates built around garlic, grilled meats, seafood, hearty stews, and the kind of recipes that clearly were not rushed. Many sit well outside the usual dining routes, which only makes finding them more satisfying.
These are the places where lunch can stretch longer than planned and ordering one more dish suddenly sounds like a very reasonable idea. Portions are generous, flavors are bold, and the food carries the warmth that makes Portuguese cooking so easy to crave again…