Quinta dos Sabores

Quinta dos Sabores is a three-hectare family farm in the parish of Rabo de Peixe, in the municipality of Ribeira Grande on the island of São Miguel. Once an orange and later a passion-fruit farm, the land was taken on by Inês and Paulo, who restored the house from 2002 and turned the fields over to organic vegetable growing.

The farm-to-table restaurant opened in 2014. Dinner is a set tasting menu of several courses that changes with what the garden is producing, typically moving from an appetiser, starter and soup to fish, meat and dessert, with Azorean fish and meat added to the farm's own vegetables. Dietary restrictions are catered for when mentioned at the time of booking.

Almost the whole property is given over to vegetables, grown organically and in step with the seasons. Besides supplying the kitchen, the farm sells vegetable baskets as well as jams and chutneys made from its own produce. Two holiday apartments on the property let guests stay on the farm.

Dinner is served in the evening by reservation. The farm lies inland between Ponta Delgada and Ribeira Grande and is most easily reached by car.