Tavira Restaurant

8401 Connecticut Ave, Lower level garage, Chevy Chase
(301) 652-8684

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Salmao Grelhado Grilled Salmon with Potatoes and Vegetables in Lemon-Butter Sauce
Limoncello Mascarpone Cake
Risotto Frutti Di Mare
Frango À Piri-Piri
Arroz Valenciana
Bolo De Chocolate
Grilled Calamari
Garlic Prawns
Caesar Salad
Salmon Fillet

Menu

Most Popular
Bife a Madeira
New York strip Angus beef with crushed peppercorns, in Madeira wine sauce. Served with roast garlic mashed potatoes and vegetables.
Salada Mista
Mesclun mix greens, red onion, and tomato tossed with house dressing.
Pernil De Porco A Madeirense
Braised pork shank Osso Bucco style in Madeira wine sauce and cilantro. Served with white beans.

Appetizers
Mexilhoes na Cataplana
Mussels, tomatoes, and roasted sweet bell peppers in a white wine sauce.
Portuguêse Sardines ''Escabeche''
Marinate Sardines with cloves of garlic, extra-virgin olive oil, kosher salt, bay leaves, sweet smoke Spanish paprika ''La Vera'' served at room temperature
Pasteis de Bacalhau
Portuguese fried cod fritters.
Ravioli Recheados com Queijo
Stuffed ravioli with ricotta cheese, served with tomato cream sauce.
Ameijoas Na Cataplana
Fresh clams, olive oil, and white wine with presunto and chourico.
Camarao a Alho
Sauteed shrimp in white wine and garlic.
Chourico a Caruso
Portuguese sausage with croft brandy, garlic, tomatoes, and parsley.

Soup
Sopa De Minestrone
Vegetables, beans, and pasta with pesto finished with Parmesan cheese.
Caldo Verde
Potato puree, leeks, and julienne kale garnished with Portuguese sausage.

Salad
Salada Mista
Mesclun mix greens, red onion, and tomato tossed with house dressing.
Salada A Tavira
Mesclun leafy salad with heart palm, artichokes, and roasted red beets tossed with Mediterranean dressing.
Caesar Salad
Romaine lettuce, Parmesan cheese with roasted garlic croutons.
Salada De Tomato Com Queijo De Cabra
Sliced tomato, goat cheese, tossed with lemon basil virgin olive oil.

Meat
Pernil De Porco A Madeirense
Braised pork shank Osso Bucco style in Madeira wine sauce and cilantro. Served with white beans.
Bife a Madeira
New York strip Angus beef with crushed peppercorns, in Madeira wine sauce. Served with roast garlic mashed potatoes and vegetables.
Frango A Piri Piri
Grilled Cornish Hen, Portuguêse style in Piri Piri hot, spicy pepper sauce. Served with potato chips.
Bife De Figado So Martinho
Calf liver steak with onions, bacon, and aged red wine vinaigrette.
Medalhoes De Bife C vinho de Borba Tinto
Pan seared beef medallions Angus beef with shallots, mushrooms in a reduction of red wine sauce.
Escalopes De Vitela C/ Vinho De Marsala
Sauteed veal with shitake mushroom in a reduction of Marsala wine sauce.
Bife da Casa
Seared steak Angus Beef topped with Iberico presunto and egg. Served with potatoes chips.

Fish
Bacalhau A Pobre
Baked salted codfish with caramelized onions and sauteed potatoes.
Bacalhau A Jardinheira
Pan roasted salted codfish with sweet bell peppers, tomatoes, onions, and garlic. Served with saffron rice.
Truta Grelhada
Grilled rainbow trout. Served with lemon butter sauce and potatoes and vegetables.
Arroz Valenciana
A medley of seafood, Portuguese sausage, chicken, peas, roasted peppers, and saffron rice.
Bacalhau A Rebolo
Roasted salted cod, with clams, chourico, onions, chick peas, and collard green.
Tamboril A Lusitano
Roasted monkfish with shrimp and mussels. Served with saffron rice.
Bacalhau Assado Na Grelha
Grilled salted cod, onions, garlic, and Portuguese olive oil. Served with vegetables.
Caldeirada A Ponta Gorda
A traditional Portuguese Madeiran fish stew with shrimp, clams, mussels, sea scallops, sweet bell peppers, and potato.
Salmao Grelhado
Grilled salmon with turned potatoes and vegetables in lemon butter sauce.

Pasta
Cabelo De Anjo
Angel hair with Pomodoro sauce and meatball.
Ravioli com Queijo M/C
Ravioli stuffed with ricotta cheese. Served with tomato cream sauce and Parmesan cheese.
Fruta Do Mar com Talharim
Linguini with sea scallops, shrimp, clams, mussels, calamari, tomatoes, and pepper.
Talharim di Caruso
Linguini with grilled Italian sausage with tomatoes, onions, and roasted bell pepper.
Penas Vegetarianas
Penne pasta with sun dried tomatoes, olives, artichokes, sweet bell peppers, roasted garlic, and basil virgin olive oil and Parmesan cheese

Entree Salads
Salada De Palm
Hearts of palm salad with Tiger shrimp 16/20 tossed with lemon virgin olive oil.
Chicken Caesar
Grilled Chicken strips over romaine lettuce with roasted garlic croutons, Parmesan cheese tossed with caesar dressing.
Salada Mediterrânea
Mesclun Leafy salad with, artichockes, goat cheese, sweet roasted red peppers, tomatoes, kalamata olives, tossed with aged balsamic dressing
Cobb Salada
Romaine Hearts. Served with bacon, cheese, boiled eggs and breast of chicken.

sandwich
Sandes De Queijo Mozzarella
Mozzarella with sun dried tomatoes, basil and balsamic, and tomatoes. Served on French bread with French fries.
Sandes De Bife
Steak sandwich with lettuce, tomatoes, onions, and mayonnaise. Served on French bread with French fries.
Sandes De Peixe
Pan seared tilapia. Served with mayonnaise, lettuce, tomato, and French fries.
Sandes de Porco A Bilbaina
Marinated pork loin in squeeze lemon juice, roated garlic, provence herbs with lettuce, tomatoes, and onions. Served on French bread with French fries.
Hamburguer com Queijo
Cheeseburger. Served with lettuce, tomatoes, onions, and mayonnaise on Kaiser roll with French fries.
Sandes De Galinha
Chicken Breasted with bacon, lettuce, tomatoes, and mayonnaise. Served on French bread with French fries.

Dessert
Mousse de Chocolate
Chocolate Mousse Cake
Pastel de Nata
Traditional Portuguêse custard cake, puff pastry & lemon-cinnamon custard
Pudim de Leite
Tavira's Caramel Custard
Bolo Tiramisu
LadyFingers dipped in espresso, layered with a whipped mixture of eggs, sugar, with cocoa & cinnamon
Bolo de Limão
Lemon cake with mascarpone cheese (Italian Cream Cheese)

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Recent Reviews

This may become our favorite resto now that Christina’s has gone away.

We met some out-of-town friends here for dinner Friday and were treated to live guitar music in the main room. We sat in an adjoining room bc 2 of us wear hearing aids and are bothered by ambient noise; conversation was made easy.

Food, by all accounts, was very good. Three of us went for seafood, which is the store’s specialty; I had a steak offering, Portuguese style...
November 2025
The food and service is amazing here!! We first came to celebrate our wedding anniversary earlier this year, then went back with friends last week. We had great experience both times. Go, you won’t regret it.
July 2025
We came to this restaurant for the first time and we’re so impressed with how authentic and fresh everything was. We had an amazing lunch and the waitress could not have been more helpful and knowledgeable. Can’t wait to go back.
April 2025

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Tavira Restaurant

8401 Connecticut Ave, Lower level garage, Chevy Chase, MD 20815
(301) 652-8684