Cafe Central Menu (Update 2025)
Introducing the Menu at Cafe Central
Located in the heart of Bristol, RI, Cafe Central invites you on a culinary journey through authentic Portuguese cuisine. The menu proudly features a delightful array of seafood options, including the Grilled Swordfish adorned with Mozambique sauce and the flavorful Seafood Rice brimming with a medley of ocean delicacies.
Equally enticing are the hearty meat dishes, such as the Cacoila Plate, showcasing marinated pulled pork accompanied by hand-cut fries and peppers. Diners rave about the renowned steak sandwiches and the irresistible Chicken Mozambique, offering a perfect balance of flavor.
- Seafood Highlights: Grilled Swordfish, Shrimp Mozambique, Seafood Rice
- Meat Specialties: Cacoila Plate, Bitoque, Sirloin Tips
With a welcoming atmosphere and friendly service, Cafe Central is a perfect spot for both intimate dinners and family outings. Come savor the heartwarming flavors of Portugal!
Beef, Pork & Chicken
Chicken Mozambique / Galinha Mozambique
Diced chicken breast marinated and sautéed with hand cut fries and rice.
Sirloin Steak / Bife Sirloin
Hand cut 12 oz sirloin seasoned Portuguese style with egg. Pepper, round fries and rice. *Consuming raw or undercooked meats such as poultry, seafood, shellfish, or eggs may increase your risk of foodborne illness.
Sirloin Tips Special
Marinated in our recipe and cooked to your perfection served over diced fries topped w/ sautéed onions, mushrooms , pepper and little necks.
Cacoila Plate
Marinated pulled pork served with hand cut fries, rice and peppers.
House Steak / Bife A Casa
Hand cut 10 oz steak seasoned Portuguese style with egg pepper hand cut fries and rice. *Consuming raw or undercooked meats such as poultry, seafood, shellfish, or eggs may increase your risk of foodborne illness.
Chicken & Littlenecks / Galinha Alentejana
Diced chicken breast marinated and sautéed with diced fries, pepper and littlenecks.
Grilled Center Pork Loin / Lombinhos De Porco
Two pieces of cut pork loin marinated and grilled served with egg, pepper, hand cut fries and rice.
T-Bone Steak
12 oz t-bone steak seasoned style with egg, pepper, round fries, and rice. *Consuming raw or undercooked meats such as poultry, seafood, shellfish, or eggs may increase your risk of foodborne illness.
Bitoque
Thin steak Portuguese style with egg. Pepper, hand cut fries and rice. *Consuming raw or undercooked meats such as poultry, seafood, shellfish, or eggs may increase your risk of foodborne illness.
Spice Pork & Littlenecks / Came Alentejana
Diced center cut pork loin marinated and sautéed with diced fries, pepper and littlenecks.
Sirloin Tips
Marinated in our own recipe and sautéed to your perfection served with diced fries and pepper or rice. *Consuming raw or undercooked meats such as poultry, seafood, shellfish, or eggs may increase your risk of foodborne illness.
Surf & Turf / Mar & Terra
Sirloin steak with littlenecks & shrimp, served with egg. Pepper, hand cut fries and rice. *Consuming raw or undercooked meats such as poultry, seafood, shellfish, or eggs may increase your risk of foodborne illness.
Grilled Chicken Breast / Peito De Galinha
Two piece of chicken breast marinated and grilled served with pepper, hand cut fries and rice.
Steak Sandwich / Prego No Pao
5 Oz. Sirloin steak served on a roll with peppers & fries. *Consuming raw or undercooked meats such as poultry, seafood, shellfish, or eggs may increase your risk of foodborne illness.
Pork Loin Sandwich / Bifana No Pao
Center cut pork served on roll with peppers and fries.
Cacoila Sandwich
Marinated pulled pork served on a roll with peppers and fries.
Chourico Sandwich
Fried chourico served on a roll with fries.
Grilled Chicken Sandwich
Marinated chicken breast grilled served on a roll with lettuce, tomatoes, peppers and fries.
Fish Sandwich
Fresh cod battered and deep fried served on a roll with fries, tartar sauce lettuce and tomato.
Central Burger
8 Oz. Black angus beef patty burger with lettuce, tomatoes and fries. *Consuming raw or undercooked meats such as poultry, seafood, shellfish, or eggs may increase your risk of foodborne illness.
Sandwiches
Seafood
Seafood Rice / Arroz De Marisco
Combination of shrimp, scallops, littlenecks, mussels, squid and octopus mixed in rice.
Baked Stuffed Shrimp / Camarao Recheado
Four jumbo shrimp stuffed with a buttery seasoned cracker stuffing served with rice and hand cut fries.
Shrimp Mozambique Meal /Camarao Mozambique
Shrimp sautéed in a spicy, garlic and lemon sauce served with hand cut fries and rice.
Grilled Swordfish / Espadarte Grelhado
Swordfish grilled topped with Mozambique sauce served with boiled potatoes and two shrimps.
Baked Scrod Topped W/ Shrimp
Scrod topped w/ 2 shrimps stuffed w/ a buttery seasoned cracker stuffing served w/ fries and rice
Grilled Codfish / Bacalhau Grelhado
Lightly salted codfish served with boiled potatoes and chickpeas topped with onions and garlic peppers. Sautéed in olive oil.
Littlenecks Garlic Oil Over Pasta With Chourico
Tuna Tips And Shrimp
Grilled w/ Mozambique sauce over it and served with rice and hand cut fries.
Grilled Tuna / Atum Grelhado
Yellowfin tuna grilled or fried served with boiled potatoes topped with a pepper and wine sauce.
Swordfish Tips And Shrimp Mozambique
Grilled and served with rice and hand cut fries.
Baked Scallops / Escalopes No Forno
Large sea scallops topped with buttery seasoned cracker stuffing serve with rice and hand cut fries.
Fish Fillet/ Filetes De Peixe
Lightly battered scrod coad with bread crumbs and crab meat sauce mozambique over with rice and hand cut fries.
Shrimp & Necks Meal
Shrimp & sautéed in a mozambique sauce with rice and hand cut fries.
Fish N Chips
Fresh scrod battered and deep fried served with hand cut fries.
White Clam Sauce / Ameijoas Com Molho Branco
Native littlenecks cooked in white clam sauce over a bed of pasta.
Seafood Casserole
Scrod, 3 shrimp & 3 scallops stuffed w/ a buttery seasoned cracker stuffing served w/ French fries and rice
Shrimp & Spaghetti / Camarao Com Esparguete
Shrimp mozambique over pasta.
Hake/ Abrotea
Two pieces of hake lightly battered and deep fried served with boiled potatoes and salad peppers and wine sauce.
Baked Scrod / Pescada No Forno
Scrod topped with a buttery seasoned cracker stuffing served with rice and hand cut fries.
Chicharros
Portuguese white fish served with boiled potatoes salad and wine sauce.
Sides
Select your choice of side
Sides
Salads
Chicken Salad
Grilled chicken breast served over a bed of iceberg lettuce, tomatoes, olives, cucumbers, and dressing.
Garden Salad
Fresh iceberg lettuce with tomatoes, olives, onions, cucumbers with dressing.
Shrimp Salad
Grilled shrimp over a bed of iceberg lettuce, tomatoes olives and cucumbers with dressing.
Sodas
Select your choice of drink
Drinks
Soups
Portuguese Soup / Sopa Portuguesa
Mozzarella Sticks
House Shrimp/ Camarão Mozambique Appetizer
Shrimp sautéed in a spicy, garlic and lemon sauce.
Shrimp Cocktail
Littlenecks Garlic And Oil / Ameijoas A Bulhao De Pato
Fried Calamari
Regular with hot banana peppers or sautéed in Mozambique sauce.