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On Hamburger Day, we leave you with 4 suggestions for eating one in a place whose main principle is not only to feed you well, but also to protect the planet.
The Apuro – Vegan Bar breaks with the idea that vegans only eat lettuce and drink fruit juices. This restaurant in Porto serves real vegan burgers sided by craft beers. The products are mostly local and seasonal.
Address: Rua do Breiner nº 236, 4050-124 Porto
Opening hours: Monday, Tuesday and Thursday 12h30-23h, Friday and Saturday 12h30-00h. Closed on Wednesday and Sunday
2. Botellini
A totally vegetarian restaurant, with several gluten-free options and a focus on Portuguese and organic products? Welcome to Botellini, a place that has brought a new way of living to Caldas da Rainha. Although it is a restaurant, the idea here is that people take home a different, healthier and more conscious way of living. To this end, they organize workshops and talks and provide merchandising with messages linked to veganism.
At the table, they combine more traditional dishes, such as “rice with no duck” or seitan “bitoque” (steak), with more international ones, such as tofu moqueca, curry or falafel with Moroccan couscous and, of course, a nice burger with vegan cheese and fries to go with it.
Address: Rua Manuel Mafra, 43B, 2500-825 Caldas da Rainha
Opening Hours: Sunday to Friday 12h30 – 14h30. Wednesday and Thursday 12h30-14h30 and 19h-21h. Closed on Saturdays.
3. Kong
At Kong you can find comfort food that proves that, with will and originality, flavors are not lost by swapping a traditional dish for a plant-based version.
There’s seitan “bitoque” and “francesinha” (typical Portuguese dishes), hamburgers with fries and alheira (typical Portuguese poultry sausage) croquettes, and a list of desserts that will make your sugar levels rise just by reading about them.
Address: Rua do Corpo Santo, 2, 1200-129 Lisboa
Hours: 12h-23h. Closed on Sundays
4. Therapist
At the Therapist, the dishes change with the seasons. We never get bored: from salads, pancakes, cakes and main courses, there is always plenty of variety throughout the year. And better? There’s always a burger for the fans. The current one is lentils on bread with vegan cheddar, sautéed mushrooms, sriracha and kimchi mayonnaise, and lettuce. Served with potato salad, garlic and herbs.
Address Alvalade: Rua José D’Esaguy, nº11C 1700-266 Lisboa
Alvalade opening hours: 9h-23h
Address Lx Factory: Rua Rodrigues de Faria, 103, Edif.H06
Address Lx Factory: 9h-19h
Marta Cerqueira is from Minho and a vegetarian. Luckily, she lives in Lisbon, where there is more tofu than sarrabulho. She has been a journalist for over 15 years, the last of which writing about food and sustainability. Now, out of the newsroom, she continues to write whenever she can, be it in magazines, journals, post its, or on her Instagram page, which she uses to share a life divided between being a mom-person-foodie-traveler. Still, she created Peggada so she could write about what doesn't fit in a magazine, journal, post it or Instagram: a better world.
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