Estrela da Bica

The lower end of Bica has become rather trendy of late and this café-bar-restaurant draws an arty crowd. Its battered wooden tables and chairs look as if they were salvaged from an old school, as do the maps on the wall and the slates on which the day's offerings are chalked up. The food is a bit different from your average Lisbon tavern: beetroot burgers, say, or salmon with a chia crust.