Tim Fenton
@lisbonuserguide.bsky.social
The Lisbon User Guide is now live(ish) at https://lisbonuserguide.blogspot.com/2024/10/0-home.html - as I live in the area, I might as well tell you all about this go-to destination. Eats, drinks, food, getting around, and attractions. Feedback welcomed
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December 12, 2025 at 7:56 PM
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Lisbon User Guide has added Mestre da Cerveja to Craft Beer Outlets ... smallest craft bar in town, with remote pizza . lisbonuserguide.blogspot.com/2025/12/6237...
6.2.37 Mestre da Cerveja
Rua Tomás da Anunciação 88B Location HERE . Open: Monday to Thursday 1500-2300; Friday and Saturday 1600-Midnight; closed Sundays. It’s up i...
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December 4, 2025 at 6:27 PM
Lisbon User Guide has added Mestre da Cerveja to Craft Beer Outlets ... smallest craft bar in town, with remote pizza . lisbonuserguide.blogspot.com/2025/12/6237...
Lisbon User Guide has added Parque do Tejo to Green Spaces ... boardwalks, wildlife and places to chill - lisbonuserguide.blogspot.com/2025/12/4420...
4.4.20 Parque do Tejo
Passeio do Tejo Location HERE . Open 24 hours. Just to emphasise the work that has gone in to redevelop the area around Gare Oriente, at the...
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December 2, 2025 at 6:41 PM
Lisbon User Guide has added Parque do Tejo to Green Spaces ... boardwalks, wildlife and places to chill - lisbonuserguide.blogspot.com/2025/12/4420...
Lisbon User Guide has added December 2025 to The Blog ... Tile Museum closed, plus New Year News - lisbonuserguide.blogspot.com/2025/12/dece...
December 2025
THE USUAL REMINDER Don’t slog up those hills just because the funiculars have been suspended. Minibus 51E gives an alternative to the Santa...
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December 1, 2025 at 5:07 PM
Lisbon User Guide has added December 2025 to The Blog ... Tile Museum closed, plus New Year News - lisbonuserguide.blogspot.com/2025/12/dece...
Lisbon User Guide has added Aguarela Bar and Kitchen to Craft Beer Outlets ... another Outro Lado, but more upmarket, and in Graça - lisbonuserguide.blogspot.com/2025/11/6236...
6.2.36 Aguarela Bar and Kitchen
Rua Angelina Vidal 23 Location HERE . Open from 1800 to 2330 hours; closed Monday and Tuesday. Opened on the 24th October 2025, and yes, the...
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November 22, 2025 at 8:37 PM
Lisbon User Guide has added Aguarela Bar and Kitchen to Craft Beer Outlets ... another Outro Lado, but more upmarket, and in Graça - lisbonuserguide.blogspot.com/2025/11/6236...
Lisbon User Guide has added Padaria Patriacal to Coffee Shops ... Art Nouveau magnificence, great coffee, keen prices - lisbonuserguide.blogspot.com/2025/11/6112...
6.1.12 Padaria Patriacal
Rua da Rosa 266 Location HERE . Open weekdays until 1830 hours. On the corner of Rua Dom Pedro V and Rua da Rosa, at the top end of the Bair...
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November 11, 2025 at 6:31 PM
Lisbon User Guide has added Padaria Patriacal to Coffee Shops ... Art Nouveau magnificence, great coffee, keen prices - lisbonuserguide.blogspot.com/2025/11/6112...
Lisbon User Guide has added As Bifanas do Afonso (Baixa) to Bifana Outlets ... same great bifanas, no queue as yet, but nowhere to sit down - lisbonuserguide.blogspot.com/2025/11/536-...
5.3.6 As Bifanas do Afonso (Baixa)
Rua da Assunção 80 Location HERE . THIS OUTLET IS CASH ONLY Open from 0930 to 1800 hours; closed Sunday. Look, no queue! Same product as the...
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November 9, 2025 at 5:46 PM
Lisbon User Guide has added As Bifanas do Afonso (Baixa) to Bifana Outlets ... same great bifanas, no queue as yet, but nowhere to sit down - lisbonuserguide.blogspot.com/2025/11/536-...
Lisbon User Guide has added Taberna Londrina (Campo Grande) to Portuguese Restaurants ... get your Francesinha fix without having to reserve - lisbonuserguide.blogspot.com/2025/11/5117...
5.1.17 Taberna Londrina (Campo Grande)
Campo Grande 35B Location HERE . Open every day from noon to midnight. A similar menu to that offered by the Bairro Alto outlet for this bra...
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November 3, 2025 at 6:38 PM
Lisbon User Guide has added Taberna Londrina (Campo Grande) to Portuguese Restaurants ... get your Francesinha fix without having to reserve - lisbonuserguide.blogspot.com/2025/11/5117...
Lisbon User Guide has added November 2025 to The Blog: tram 28, Belém news, and loss of a brewpub - lisbonuserguide.blogspot.com/2025/11/7214...
7.2.14 November 2025
REMINDER Don’t slog up those hills just because the funiculars have been suspended. Minibus 51E gives an alternative to the Santa Justa lif...
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November 1, 2025 at 8:28 PM
Lisbon User Guide has added November 2025 to The Blog: tram 28, Belém news, and loss of a brewpub - lisbonuserguide.blogspot.com/2025/11/7214...
October 31, 2025 at 6:05 PM
Lisbon User Guide has added Parque Verde de Carnide to Green Spaces ... a new park for a crowded city, an oasis of calm - lisbonuserguide.blogspot.com/2025/10/4419...
4.4.19 Parque Verde de Carnide
North end of Carnide Location HERE . Those politics junkies who want to know why a Mayor representing a right-leaning party got re-elected r...
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October 26, 2025 at 5:30 PM
Lisbon User Guide has added Parque Verde de Carnide to Green Spaces ... a new park for a crowded city, an oasis of calm - lisbonuserguide.blogspot.com/2025/10/4419...
Lisbon User Guide has added Patisserie Versailles to Coffee Shops ... very old school, and a rather good all-round eatery - lisbonuserguide.blogspot.com/2025/10/6111...
6.1.11 Patisserie Versailles
6.1.11 Patisserie Versailles Avenida da República 15A Location HERE . What were coffee shops like in days gone by? Maybe like Versailles, wh...
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October 26, 2025 at 5:07 PM
Lisbon User Guide has added Patisserie Versailles to Coffee Shops ... very old school, and a rather good all-round eatery - lisbonuserguide.blogspot.com/2025/10/6111...
Lisbon User Guide has added Galeto to Portuguese Restaurants ... ideal for singles and couples, less so for larger groups - lisbonuserguide.blogspot.com/2025/10/5116...
5.1.16 Galeto
Avenida da República 14 Location HERE . Open every day from 0730 hours until 0300 the next morning. A Lisbon institution, and with an unusua...
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October 26, 2025 at 4:53 PM
Lisbon User Guide has added Galeto to Portuguese Restaurants ... ideal for singles and couples, less so for larger groups - lisbonuserguide.blogspot.com/2025/10/5116...
October 17, 2025 at 4:20 PM
Lisbon User Guide has added Frango da Gare to Portuguese Restaurants ... busy, a little chaotic, but great food and great value lisbonuserguide.blogspot.com/2025/10/5115...
5.1.15 Frango Da Gare
Gare do Oriente G218 Location HERE . Open every day from 1030 to 2100 hours. For those who can’t find a good value meal outlet at Oriente, t...
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October 10, 2025 at 12:14 PM
Lisbon User Guide has added Frango da Gare to Portuguese Restaurants ... busy, a little chaotic, but great food and great value lisbonuserguide.blogspot.com/2025/10/5115...
Lisbon User Guide has added Parque Silva Porto to Green Spaces ... tree cover, wildlife, and a place to chill lisbonuserguide.blogspot.com/2025/10/4418...
4.4.18 Parque Silva Porto
Rua Dr José Alberto de Faria Location HERE . Open daily from 0700 to 1900 hours. The grand entrance Another counter to those who talk down t...
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October 10, 2025 at 10:28 AM
Lisbon User Guide has added Parque Silva Porto to Green Spaces ... tree cover, wildlife, and a place to chill lisbonuserguide.blogspot.com/2025/10/4418...
Lisbon User Guide has added October 2025 to The Blog - mainly about fallout from the Elevador da Glória accident lisbonuserguide.blogspot.com/2025/10/7213...
7.2.13 October 2025
Fallout from the Glória funicular accident continues, with the Desfile dos Classicos (Carris’ annual tram parade) cancelled for this year, a...
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October 4, 2025 at 8:25 PM
Lisbon User Guide has added October 2025 to The Blog - mainly about fallout from the Elevador da Glória accident lisbonuserguide.blogspot.com/2025/10/7213...
Lisbon User Guide has added Gulden Draak - River Deck to craft beer bars ... the only craft outlet in the area around Gare Oriente lisbonuserguide.blogspot.com/2025/10/6235...
6.2.35 Gulden Draak - River Deck
Centro Vasco da Gama, Avenida Dom João II 40 Location HERE . Open Every Day It’s in the VdG commercial centre! In Parque das Nações’ main sh...
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October 4, 2025 at 3:57 PM
Lisbon User Guide has added Gulden Draak - River Deck to craft beer bars ... the only craft outlet in the area around Gare Oriente lisbonuserguide.blogspot.com/2025/10/6235...
October 3, 2025 at 2:43 PM
October 3, 2025 at 2:19 PM
Lisbon User Guide has added Artesanalis Bottle Shop to Craft Beer Outlets - rather chill, worth a visit if you're in the area ... lisbonuserguide.blogspot.com/2025/09/6234...
6.2.34 Artesanalis Bottle Shop
Rua Acácio de Paiva 9A Location HERE . Closed Mondays. It’s in Alvalade! And a seriously artisan part of town, too: there is a very popular ...
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September 28, 2025 at 5:43 PM
Lisbon User Guide has added Artesanalis Bottle Shop to Craft Beer Outlets - rather chill, worth a visit if you're in the area ... lisbonuserguide.blogspot.com/2025/09/6234...
Reposted by Tim Fenton
Does omnidimensional political chess *really* smell like that? zelo-street.blogspot.com/2025/09/morg... from @lisbonuserguide.bsky.social
Morgan McSweeney Pisses Down His Leg
So the Labour Party Conference is once more upon us, but not, for those running the party, at the moment they would have chosen: not much mo...
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September 28, 2025 at 5:06 PM
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From the studio that brought you
@lisbonuserguide.bsky.social:
"long-term Farage ally Nathan Gill has just pleaded guilty to eight counts of bribery by a foreign state (Russia). He is expected to be jailed. Wall to wall media coverage? Nah. Crickets" zelo-street.blogspot.com/2025/09/nige...
@lisbonuserguide.bsky.social:
"long-term Farage ally Nathan Gill has just pleaded guilty to eight counts of bribery by a foreign state (Russia). He is expected to be jailed. Wall to wall media coverage? Nah. Crickets" zelo-street.blogspot.com/2025/09/nige...
Nigel Farage - Lying Beyond Barking
Our free and fearless press, and to their continuing shame our broadcast media, cannot get enough of Reform UK and its self-appointed Obersc...
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September 28, 2025 at 5:04 PM
From the studio that brought you
@lisbonuserguide.bsky.social:
"long-term Farage ally Nathan Gill has just pleaded guilty to eight counts of bribery by a foreign state (Russia). He is expected to be jailed. Wall to wall media coverage? Nah. Crickets" zelo-street.blogspot.com/2025/09/nige...
@lisbonuserguide.bsky.social:
"long-term Farage ally Nathan Gill has just pleaded guilty to eight counts of bribery by a foreign state (Russia). He is expected to be jailed. Wall to wall media coverage? Nah. Crickets" zelo-street.blogspot.com/2025/09/nige...
UPDATE Lisbon User Guide has removed Gulden Draak - Casa da Cerveja from its list of recommended craft beer outlets lisbonuserguide.blogspot.com/2024/11/6228...
6.2.28 Gulden Draak - Casa da Cerveja
[WARNING This outlet is no longer recommended. See update at end of post] Rua Andrade Corvo 29A Location HERE . Open every day. Just below S...
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September 27, 2025 at 4:31 PM
UPDATE Lisbon User Guide has removed Gulden Draak - Casa da Cerveja from its list of recommended craft beer outlets lisbonuserguide.blogspot.com/2024/11/6228...