The Bar of the Café Alcântara

Frommer's Review

Although this establishment draws most of its business from its sophisticated restaurant, many club-hoppers come here only for the bar. It's in a former factory and warehouse beside the river, decorated with accessories that evoke a railway car in turn-of-the-20th-century Paris. The patrons -- Americans, Portuguese, English, Germans, and Brazilians -- aren't shy about striking up dialogues with attractive newcomers. Draft beer in the bar begins at 2.50€ ($3.25); imported whiskey sells for 6€ ($7.80) and up. Expect lots of deliberately provocative outrageousness, gay customers mingling with straights, and sometimes one of the highest percentages of flamboyant drag queens in Lisbon. It's open nightly from 8pm to 3am.

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