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Family Style Restaurant

We are a family-style restaurant known for authentic Portuguese food and some of the best  imported wines from Portugal. Whether you are looking for a place to have a quick bite, relax or want to celebrate a special occasion while enjoying a great meal, we have the perfect setting for that. Join us for lunch or dinner and see what home style dining is all about.

Authentic Portuguese Cuisine

Try one of our dishes

Our Mission is to
recover and hold
the traditional flavors of
Portuguese Cuisine.

We’re proud of our Portuguese cuisine and heritage. O Espeta opened to serve the Portuguese community and to spread our love for authentic cuisine to the rest of Toronto. We take pride in delivering the best in traditional Portuguese cuisine. 

 Francesinha  Typical Dish

Daniel da Silva, a returned emigrant from France and Belgium, tried to adapt the croque-monsieur to the Portuguese taste when he moved to Porto. He first created the special sauce and populated the sandwich with local meats in 1953. The Francesinha quickly became a very popular dish and deeply associated with the city, although it can be sometimes found elsewhere in Portugal. A classic francesinha meal would include the sandwich, surrounded on a bed of chips doused in the famous sauce, and complemented with a beer or wine.Try one @ Espeta Restaurant.

Leitão à Bairrada Suckling Pig

Leitão a Bairrada is a Portuguese dish of suckling pig that’s roasted and basted until the flesh becomes creamy and the skin develops its typical crunchiness. Their meat is rubbed with fat, coarse salt, pepper, and garlic, and it’s then skewered on a pole before being cooked in eucalyptus-and-vine-fueled ovens. Once prepared, the suckling pig is traditionally served with french fries and orange slices , and a fresh salad. Invite your friends and come to the Espeta to taste our Suckling Pig (leitão à Bairrada).