Restaurant Café Martinho Da Arcada Lisbon: Prime Spot & Famous Poet Pessoa’s Table Editorial Image

Opening in 1782, Restaurant Café Martinho da Arcada, located in the corner of the Praça do Comércio 37 near the Tagus river, is one of the oldest restaurants /cafés in Lisbon. Situated downtown, this cafe was once the ideal setting for the so called ‘tertúlia’s‘ café talks. Well known names from Portuguese life, such as Bocage, Amalia Rodrigues and Portugal’s most famous 20th C. poet Fernando Pessoa, were some of its usual customers. Portugal’s famous poet and writer Pessoa, worked and lived in the Baixa area in Lisbon, he wrote pieces of his work in this restaurant after closing time.