Restaurant Revue
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Pao da Casa
The eyes and ayes may be synced into the baked goods at this downtown bakery-cum-café, but if you read the fine print on the non-sandwich menu you’ll find Portugal’s national dish: Bacalhau com natas. There’s lots that’s lovely here, but the cod-and-cream savory specialty satisfies the soul in ways sweet stuff can’t.
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PAO DA CASA, 945 Stuyvesant Avenue, Union. (Pao da Casa used to be across the street, but a few years ago moved to this sleek, clean-lined space with more room for seating and baking, too). 908-688-5647. No website. Follow on Facebook @PaoDaCasa; no up-to-date dedicated Instagram account. Currently open seven days a week, from 7 a.m. to 4 p.m.