On our drive home from Provincetown yesterday, I took a tiny detour (it's like 5 minutes from an exit off I195) to this place:
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If you're in the New England area, we invite you to visit our bricks and mortar store in Fall River, MA. Once the site of a sprawling textile mill, the space has been lovingly restored to offer a one-of-a-kind shopping experience.In addition to fresh fruit and produce, specialty groceries and various meats, cheese and seafood, Portugalia Marketplace is the home of...
Castas & Trigo, our beer, wine, and spirits shop stocked with over 800 varieties of Portuguese wines, the largest selection in the United States!
Ponto de Encontro, offering espresso, cappuccino, pastries and a variety of fresh sandwiches.
O Fiel Amigo, a temperature controlled room offering a large variety of the finest salt cod available
It's awesome. We didn't have a lot of time (or should I say, it's hard to go food shopping with another person (if you're me), unless you enjoy spending hours browsing at tins of fish), but I still did some damage.
First - this is a room with something they also can, but in it's salted state...
Yes, a giant walk-in with nothing but bacalhau from various places and grades and whatever you wanted. A giant walk-in.
Then a quick stroll through the aisles...
And displays...
I've never seen anything like it...wow. And after 4 more hours, home...
We tried one of the patés last night. Let's just say it's the most cat-food looking thing I've ever eaten. But it was damn good!
