Matosinhos and Gastronomy
Matosinhos' gastronomy stands out as a factor of social cohesion, identity recognition, economic development, urban icon, and object of innovation and research. Matosinhos' identity is strongly rooted in gastronomy: in the fish that fishermen bring from the sea every day, in locally produced agricultural products, in each can of preserved fish, and in every grill that heats up where the most skilled grillers turn the coastal fish into the finest delicacy.