The Old Pharmacy

"Let's go to the pharmacy to have a glass of wine, in Bairro Alto - Lisboa Who doesn’t need a pain killer once in a while? Take it in the form of a glass of wine from a pharmacy that is more than 100 years old, where the drugs were replaced by wine bottles in the glass-door cabinets. To accompany the wine, you can taste different Portuguese products or you can choose a plate with several types of sausage and cheese. The tables are made of old wine barrels and you can sit on some wooden benches."

"Stepping inside this converted space is disorienting in the best way: Is it a wine bar or a pharmacy? The original glass cabinets glow with different colored lights and display wine bottles instead of pill bottles; repurposed wine barrels serve as tables; bartenders and servers wear white shirts silk-screened with the image of a stethoscope. Depending on your choice of medicine, the answer to the bar or pharmacy question could be both. The selection of more than 200 Portuguese wines means there’s definitely room to pick your poison. Don’t hesitate to order snacks for the table—it’s hard to go wrong with sardines in olive oil or a cheese plate. The space is parsed into a handful of small intimate rooms, so even when the crowd around the bar counter is three people deep, the table areas remain quiet enough to talk without yelling." - Nicole Antonio