r/azores • u/termacct • 1d ago

Fish on Fridays in restaurants. (meatless?)

I ask this as a person who prefers fish. :-) In restaurants, is fish served even more on Fridays? Like in buffets, prato do dia, special of the day, etc. How seriously is no meat on Fridays observed?

edit: emphasis on "is fish served EVEN MORE on Fridays?"

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u/UserIDTBD 1d ago

Most restaurants have fish on the menu regardless of the day of the week.

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u/KINGodfather 1d ago

Thread is finished

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u/rm_hemlock 1d ago

Usually there's fresh fish every day, unless there's a major storm and the fisherman don't go out.

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u/lucylemon 1d ago

No meat on Friday’s is not really a thing in the Azores. But you should find fish at almost every restaurant.

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u/JolyonWagg99 1d ago

The bigger challenge would be finding a menu that has NO fish on it

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u/KINGodfather 1d ago

Not even pizzerias!

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u/claudiams 1d ago

Not eating meat on Fridays is done during Lent by Catholics (and maybe other Christans, but Azores is predominantly Catholic), not year round. And it's not expected of tourists to follow (or really anyone, it's each individual person's personal conviction).

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u/termacct 1d ago

Sorry you got downvoted when you actually understood the meatless part...such is the way of reddit...

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u/claudiams 1d ago

It's all good, that's the way reddit goes.

My parents are Azorean and I was raised with meatless Fridays during Lent, so I completely understood what you were referencing.

But like others have said, you won't have an issue finding seafood because of how prominent it is in the cuisine.

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u/szollosyandras 1d ago

fish is meat

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u/PgUpPT 1d ago

What do you mean "no meat on Fridays"?