Sabor Mercearia - Grocery store — Mercearia in Campo de Ourique, Lisbon

Sabor Mercearia - Grocery store on Rua Tomás da Anunciação in Campo de Ourique sells fruit and vegetables that taste like themselves, and that is the whole reason to walk here.

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What to expect at Sabor Mercearia

Sabor Mercearia is a small mercearia on Rua Tomás da Anunciação in Campo de Ourique, open 10 am to 7 pm Monday to Saturday and closed Sunday. Fruit is the clearest proof of what it does: a cucumber tastes complex, and the seasonal vegetables are locally sourced. A few items run €5–15, and the shop is arranged with care.

Vetted

Verified November 2026 · 2 independent sources

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A small mercearia in Campo de Ourique

Sabor Mercearia is an independent mercearia on Rua Tomás da Anunciação, in Campo de Ourique, and the first thing you notice is how deliberately the small space is arranged. Nothing is piled; the shelves and the produce read as if someone chose each thing on purpose.

Start with the fruit. A cucumber here tastes complex, and the fruit in general tastes like fruit rather than a pale imitation of it. The vegetables are complete, seasonal and locally sourced, and they lift everyday cooking: the kind of thing you buy for a single dinner and end up building the week around.

Beyond produce there are pantry items, and browsing them is part of the visit. The shop is small enough that you can see everything in a few minutes, and the owners know their products and their people; Olivia hand-delivered groceries one evening, which tells you how the place runs.

Spend is modest: a few items come to €5–15, so it works as a top-up shop rather than a full weekly provision. Come Monday to Saturday between 10 am and 7 pm; Sunday the shutters are down, so plan around that.

It suits anyone staying nearby who cooks, and anyone who wants to carry something good home. It is a small shop, so a full pantry restock is better done elsewhere; for produce and a few well-chosen jars, it is the stop.

What to look for

Fresh fruit

The clearest measure of the shop: fruit that tastes like fruit, with a cucumber carrying a complexity you do not expect.

Seasonal vegetables

A complete, seasonal, locally sourced range that changes what you cook rather than just filling a bag.

Pantry items

Shelves of pantry goods chosen with care, worth browsing even when you came only for produce.

The pick list

What to bring home

  1. Seasonal vegetables

    The vegetable range is complete, seasonal and locally sourced, and it lifts everyday cooking.

  2. Fresh fruit

    The fruit is the clearest proof of what this shop does: the produce is vibrant, and the pantry items are worth a look too.

Who is this for

Anyone staying in or near Campo de Ourique who cooks and wants vegetables that taste of the season will find the range here does the work for them. Travelers putting together a picnic or a simple meal from good raw ingredients get fruit and vegetables worth carrying. And if you like browsing a small shop where the shelves are chosen rather than stocked, the pantry items reward a slow look.

If you need provisions later in the day, Fruity & Fresh Market on Rua Pereira e Sousa stays open until 9 pm most evenings, which covers the hours after Sabor Mercearia closes.

The verdict

It is a small mercearia rather than a full grocery, so a complete weekly shop is not what it does; it suits anyone buying produce and a few pantry items who values what the fruit and vegetables taste like over range.

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