Plan to cook meat in your vacation abode? If yes, stop here…read more They have your fresh meat. Expert butchers.

Today I'm thankful for this, one of my favorite places to eat in Lisbon…read more It's off the beaten path, and a lot quieter and more accessible than the Time Out Market. If you're looking for a good daytime activity in Lisbon, get over here with all your friends, eat all the things, and then window shop/actually shop as you wander back toward the city center. There are a LOT of different stalls manned by very personable people, and we split up, ordered whatever we wanted, and reconvened at all of the very comfortable tables to eat everything. We had: ramen, two different steaks, rice and beans, salad, fries, oysters, shawarma, a few different baos, candied nuts, and one of the best burgers I've ever eaten. And honestly, it was all pretty affordable. There are even some cute little clothing shops, if you ever get tired of eating. I don't, really. Truly, a great stop in Lisbon.

There are some friendly vendors here and my son and I purchased all our vegetables for Thanksgiving…read moreincluding butternut squash, Brussels sprouts and asparagus. Cash was needed for those. We stopped into an organic olive oil place and the lovely and informative purveyor gave us an olive oil tasting. I mentioned the next day was U.S. Thanksgiving and we were making an all vegetarian meal. She ,wisely, suggested we check out their selections of organic wines. We bought a red and a white and a white that were excellent. They accepted credit cards .I'm told there is a good farmer's market there on Saturday's. Some basic Portuguese was needed for the vegetables vendor but the young woman in the olive oil store offered to speak English. This was a fun experience we won't forget.