Cod fish cakes, picanha and other Portuguese specialties are now being served at a familiar Freemansburg building. Portugalia BBQ, a full-service restaurant offering authentic Portuguese cuisine, ...

Continuing my exploration of Portuguese food, the next stop was Churrasqueira Ribatejo in Ossining. The fluffiest, best Portuguese rolls ever were already on the table, all the welcome we needed.

So there’s this cliché about the Portuguese that they’re a maudlin lot. Melancholy is, apparently, the defining aspect of their culture, like all they do is lie around singing heartbreaking fado songs ...

On the menu: Bifanas (marinated pork) ($4); linguica (pork sausage) ($4); cod fish on Portuguese roll ($4); bacalhau (cod fish cakes) ($1); carne de seperto com arroz (BBQ sirloin tips Madeira-style ...