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Opened August 4Two Kissa Tanto alumni built Fraser Street a proper Portuguese tasca: 36 seats, an all Portuguese wine list, and a menu that changes when the fish does.
Fraserhood, Fraser Street
More infoA tasca is Portugal's answer to the neighbourhood local: a small room where food, wine and a whole evening of talking happen at close range. Brothers Justin and Cristian Isidro, both Kissa Tanto alumni, opened Maria Celeste on Fraser Street in early August with 36 seats, pastel window panels, hand pressed tiles and a menu that shifts with the market. The wine list is Portuguese top to bottom, which sounds limiting right up until choosing becomes the first shared project of the night.
Book on the venue's site or gamble on the handful of walk in seats and arrive at 5 sharp. Start with petiscos, the Portuguese small plates built for negotiating over, and let the server pick the wine, because the list is all Portuguese and pretending you know it fools nobody. The menu moves with the market, so if the bacalhau a bras is on, order it before the kitchen changes its mind. Dinner only, Tuesday to Saturday, so a Monday plan here becomes a walk and a rain check.
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