Restaurants in Santa Maria, Sal Cape Verde
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The best restaurants in Santa Maria, Sal, Cape Verde (Cabo Verde) serve fresh fish from the pier: tuna, wahoo and grouper from the grill, lobster, and the national dish cachupa. Santa Maria has everything from simple local eateries to beach restaurants with a sea view and places with live music. These are our tips.
What to eat in Santa Maria
- Fresh fish: tuna, wahoo and grouper are landed every morning at the pier and grilled the same day.
- Lobster and seafood: often on the menu by weight; ask the price before you order.
- Cachupa: corn and beans slowly cooked with vegetables, fish or meat. Fried the next morning as cachupa frita with an egg: the Cape Verdean breakfast.
- Pastel com diabo dentro: crispy pastries filled with spicy tuna, a typical snack.
- Drinks: grogue (sugar cane rum), ponche and a cold local beer.
Where to eat
Along the beach and the pier you find restaurants with a terrace and sea view, ideal at sunset. In the streets behind them are smaller local places with daily dishes at lower prices. In the evening many restaurants have live morna or coladeira music.
Practical tips
- Book in high season and at weekends for a table at sunset.
- Prices are often in escudos (CVE) and euros; the escudo has a fixed rate to the euro.
- Card payment is common in the larger restaurants; carry some cash for smaller places.
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