Café Alma - Alma com Amigos

Cafe Alma is the vision of Chef and Owner Kevin Matos, who grew up in his family's Portuguese bakery in Pawtucket and has made "New England Portuguese" cooking his calling card.

A Johnson & Wales graduate, Chef Matos cooked in fine-dining kitchens in Boston and New York, including time at Aldea, New York's Michelin-starred Portuguese restaurant, and ran his own butcher shop known for house-made sausages. At Cafe Alma on Warren Avenue, he reimagines the dishes Portuguese families in Rhode Island and Southeastern Massachusetts grew up with, from smoked chouriço and bacalhau to grilled octopus and piri piri quail, alongside a bar devoted to Portuguese wines.

On the night before Thanksgiving, Cafe Alma hosts Alma com Amigos, "soul with friends," from 6pm until 1am. Fado singer Andra performs a set of fado songs mixed live with house music, and DJs keep the night going. Chef Matos is serving a small menu of petiscos, Portugal's answer to tapas, plus sandwiches, alongside specialty cocktails and wines from our Brands of Portugal portfolio. It's free to come, and the perfect way to kick off the holiday weekend with friends.