On the docket today is Little Portugal, a small, family-run spot down in Fuquay-Varina serving Portuguese dishes and pastries.
Why it matters: It's one of the few places you can find a Portuguese meal in the Triangle before Cristiano Ronaldo & Co. take on Croatia today at 7pm.
Zoom in: Located about a 30-minute drive southwest of Raleigh, Little Portugal's menu offers a glimpse at the hearty meals that the small country on the edge of the Iberian peninsula eats.
That includes Portuguese-style chargrilled chicken (think Nando's if you've ever had it), cod fritters and garlic shrimp.
But the pastries are worth the drive alone, with two varieties of Portuguese tarts on the menu: pasteis de nata (an egg custard tart) and queijadas de leite (a milk tart).
What we ordered: The pork cutlet bifana, a traditional Lisbon street food option that includes tender, thin strips of pork drenched in sauce and served on a roll ($16).
For dessert, we got one of the milk tarts ($2.75), which provided an excellent sweet contrast to the savory sandwich.
