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Portuguese small plates · Downtown San Jose

A taste of Portugal.

From Portugal, with love.

Petiscos is our casual restaurant: small plates for the whole table to share, every one of them from our family's recipes in Portugal. Order plenty, share it all, take your time.

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From the family behind Adega, the only restaurant in San Jose ever to hold a Michelin star (2017, 2018, 2021 and 2022), and Pastelaria, our bakery.

From the kitchen · octopus, rice for the table, clams
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The Portuguese answer to tapas: small plates meant for the middle of the table, ordered in rounds, shared by everyone, and never hurried. It is less a style of food than a way of spending an evening.

From the kitchen

Three plates to know us by.

The full menu runs from bread baked in-house to the duck rice and a seafood rice built for two. Start here.

The Francesinha under its beer-based sauce with a fried egg The famous one

"Francesinha"

Porto's legendary sandwich, done properly: filet mignon steak, linguiça, ham, cheese and a fried egg on house-made bread, under our beer-based Francesinha sauce.

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Oven-roasted octopus with crisped edges, fingerling potatoes and spinach From the Atlantic

Octopus

Oven roasted until the edges crisp, with fingerling potatoes and spinach. The dish people photograph first and finish fastest.

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Duck rice, the oven-baked arroz de pato with crisped rice and chourico The house favorite

Duck Rice

Arroz de pato the way the Alentejo makes it: shredded duck folded through rice, baked until the top crisps, finished with chouriço. With the octopus, the dish the regulars come back for.

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Specialty cocktails

Twelve names, twelve places.

Every cocktail on the list is named for a place and the women of it: Lisbon, the Alentejo, the Açores, and the countries Portuguese families call their second homes. Four to start:

The Alentejana cocktailAlentejanaThe Alentejo

Six-year bourbon, brown sugar, fresh lemon, bacon.

The Lisboeta cocktailLisboetaLisbon

Four-year rye, sweet red vermouth, bitters, Ginja 9.

The Mexicana cocktailMexicanaMexico

Don Julio reposado, agave, Cointreau, fresh lime, jalapeño, salt.

The Malandra cocktailMalandraThe rascal

Belvedere, Ginja liqueur, cranberry, fresh lime.

What people say

Don't take our word for it.

“These authentically prepared dishes highlight the flavors of Portugal, but also the convivial spirit.” , The MICHELIN Guide, on Petiscos
Next

Gilroy, coming soon.

The family's next room is coming to 7574 Monterey Street, Gilroy. Same recipes, same table-first spirit, a whole lot closer for the south county.

About the opening

Gilroy · coming soon
Visit

Downtown San Jose, every evening.

Where
399 S First Street
San Jose, California
Hours
Mon to Fri, 5:00 to 9:00 PM
Sat & Sun, 11:30 AM to 9:00 PM