Ferreira Café

Frommer's Review

Cataplana is the name of both a venerated Portuguese recipe and the hinged copper clamshell-style pot in which it is cooked. Ingredients vary depending on the chef, but at this extremely popular downtown spot, the recipe results in a fragrant stew of mussels, clams, potatoes, shrimp, chouriço sausage, and chunks of cod and salmon. You'll feel transported to Portugal as you sit in the romantic lighting facing a cleverly decorated wall embedded with a mosaic of broken white and cobalt ceramic plates. At lunchtime, customers are mostly middle-aged and dressed in business suits; at night, the restaurant's festive side comes out to play. Be sure to finish your meal with a selection from the ample dessert-wine offerings. A smaller late-night menu is available after 10pm Thursday through Saturday for those looking to satisfy their hunger while out on the town. Keep in mind that some dishes are priced according to the daily market, so they can be higher than what's listed below.

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