The Shop

Traditional restaurant and tavern, a meeting place for fishermen, artists and doctors since 1949.

Shop History

Zé da Alhada was the first name of the fishermen’s tavern here, with licence no. 4 from Figueira da Foz, and its first owner was Joaquim Fernandes Ruão.
It had a dirt floor and a grapevine, and initially only glasses of wine were sold to the fishermen who came from the sea and met there.
Mr Mota took over the tavern more than 40 years ago and gave it the name "Tasca do Mota – casa de pasto".
It remained a place for fishermen to socialise, as they continued to come in the mornings, after the sea, to "kill the bug", with the "atrasado" (sour cherry with brandy) or the "aldrabão" (sour cherry with soda), and eat snacks here. They were the ones who set the tables and took them down and went to the kitchen to make their stews or the raia de pitéu with the "gunhão" or the "tequia", which was the amount of fish they could bring home.
The owner, José Alberto Carvalho Mota, still runs the tavern today, while his son, Pedro Mota, runs the restaurant.
13 years ago, in order to meet the needs of so many customers, they expanded the dining area.
Here we can still see traces of its past, such as the boots used for cod fishing, which are over 60 years old, various decorative objects offered by customers and paintings by local artists. The saying "Whoever steps on this sacred ground has to be baptised" is still true, in other words, they have to have a drink.

Products and Services

traditional food

Business Hours

Contacts

Parish: Buarcos e São Julião
Address: Rua Rua dos Pescadores 104 , 3080-325 Buarcos
Postal Code: 3080-325 Buarcos
233421346
restaurantecasamota@gmail.com
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General Data

Main activity: Restaurants, pubs, café and Hotels
Opening Year: 1949
Main Code of Economic Activity (CAE): 56101