Sagres..Fall River
Based on a board recomendation, I stopped in at Sagres tonight. I didn't have great directions and got off the highway in a torrential rainstorm...asked a guy at a red light how to get to Columbia St..he started thinking and pointing...I mentioned we were going to Sagres. e broke into a smile like I was his long lost brother and said, "follow me." After driving blindly and taking numerous turns..following this guy..including him stopping and waiting when he made a light and we didn't, we pulled up in front..he got out and showed us a "secret" parking spot behind the restaurant..turned out he had workd there for 15 years.
Simple but nicely decorated dining room..the food was incredible..we started with a calamari, grilled and served in galic with peppers and olives..it was an entree, we share it as an app., then had a grilled pork steak and porco a alentejana..pork, clams an potatos. I've had this dish a number of times and this was far and away the best I've had..good wine list which unfortunately I didn't try...gfriend had 1 glass of wine.
The prices are unbelievable..3 entrees, 1 glass of wine amd a flan to go were $42..including a generous tip...entrees mostly $9-10. My porco would be a $25 plate at most places in Boston.
I'll be back soon.
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Hi Ninelives,
it's good to hear you had such a nice experience at Sagres. The place has never let me down either. If you can believe it, a full lunch can be even less expensive. I don't know how they do it. If you can ever manage to arrive in the day time Columbia St is well worth a stroll, to poke into all of the shops that line the lower half of the street.Especially Chaves Market.
Also, during the day you can scoot over to Hartley's and pick up a batch of pork pies. You will need how ever many you intend to bring home and the extra's you will eat in the car, once the warm fresh baked smell hits you.At a $1.25 each these little goodies are one of the best buy's anywhere.They nuke up beautifuly,once you get them home. Fall River use to be the capital of English Pork Pies during the late 1800's ad early 1900's At one time there were over 20 shops that made them. Now there is one. The last survivor of a time gone by. Defintely worth a visit. Located on 138 headed to Tiverton RI. and very close to the Mass.& RI line. or, ASK ANYONE IN FALL RIVER.
Enjoy,
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re: Christine
"The finest pork pie in the world" is made fresh daily at Hartley's Original Pork Pies of SOMERSET. Fall River doesn't have the original recipe. Try them both and you will taste the difference. I guarantee it! I don't believe any of the stores ship their pies...but I could be wrong.
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