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Pingo Doce Avenida Duque de Ávila — Supermarket in Saldanha, Lisbon
Pingo Doce Avenida Duque de Ávila closes at 9 pm every night of the week, Sunday included, on the Saldanha stretch of the avenue.
What this branch is
Pingo Doce Avenida Duque de Ávila is a supermarket on Avenida Duque de Ávila in Saldanha, open 8 am to 9 pm every day of the week. It carries pantry and fridge staples plus a cafeteria with prepared food you can eat in. A basket runs €10–30, and the own-brand tinned mussels are the thing to put in it.
Verified November 2026 · 2 independent sources
The Saldanha branch of Pingo Doce
This is a branch of Pingo Doce on Avenida Duque de Ávila, in Saldanha, a neighbourhood store rather than a destination shop. What you notice first is the size: shelves covering pantry and fridge needs in one sweep, with a cafeteria and prepared food section at one end.
Start with the own-brand tinned mussels, which hold up far better than the price suggests. The hot prepared pork ribs from the food counter are the other thing worth carrying out; the counter will heat food for you if you want to eat it on the spot rather than take it away.
The cafeteria serves breakfast in the morning, and there is space to sit inside. Prepared takeaway meals sit alongside the cafeteria service, so expect to sort out which counter you are standing at before you order.
Spend lands somewhere between €10 and €30 for a normal basket, and the own-brand lines are where the money goes furthest. Nothing here is priced as a treat.
Queues build, self-checkout machines give trouble; the cafeteria and takeaway counters run as one service, which slows both.
What to look for
Own-brand canned mussels
Tinned mussels under the Pingo Doce label, the pick that surprises people most.
Prepared pork ribs
Hot ribs from the food counter, which the staff will heat for eating in.
Cafeteria breakfast
Morning service in the cafeteria, with tables to sit at inside the store.
The pick list
What to bring home
Canned mussels
The own-brand tinned mussels are unexpectedly good.
Prepared pork ribs
Hot prepared ribs from the food counter, which can be heated for eating in.
Cafeteria breakfast
Morning cafeteria service singled out for quick, friendly attention.
Prepared takeaway meals
A range of ready-made dishes to carry home from the food section.
Who is this for
Travellers staying in or near Saldanha who want to assemble a picnic or a fridge-and-pantry run in one stop, with own-brand tins and prepared food doing the work. Anyone who wants a hot meal without leaving the shop suits the cafeteria, especially at breakfast. If you are carrying a souvenir list rather than a shopping list, the prepared food counter and the tins are the parts worth your time.
If you are after gourmet products to carry home as gifts and an Alentejo red to try before leaving Lisbon, Mercearia do Senhor Alberto covers that ground and this branch does not. Mercearia do Senhor Alberto - Grocery store.
The verdict
It is a neighbourhood supermarket with a cafeteria rather than a market hall or a specialist shop, and the checkout queues and self-checkout faults are real, but for a Saldanha pantry run with own-brand tins and hot prepared food it does the job.
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