Little Portugal, San Jose Little Portugal, San Jose Little Portugal is a historic neighborhood of San Jose, California, in East San Jose and historically the center of San Jose's Portuguese-American community. Little Portugal is home to numerous Portuguese businesses, including Adega, San Jose's only Michelin starred restaurant, Portuguese social clubs, and the Five Wounds Portuguese National Church. Portuguese immigrants to California have historically come from the Azores, rather than from Mainland Portugal, and were traditionally farmers. Portuguese settlers came to the Santa Clara Valley beginning in the 1850's. The Mexican Heritage Plaza is within the neighborhood. In the mid-2010s, the Urban Displacement Project at
San Jose Convention Center following annual events: Other notable events at the convention center have included: San Jose Convention Center The San Jose McEnery Convention Center (popularly known as the San Jose Convention Center) is a convention center in San Jose, California, United States. The facility is the largest convention center in Silicon Valley. It is named after Tom McEnery, a former Mayor of San Jose. The San Jose Convention Center opened in 1989, replacing a convention hall of the same name at City National Civic (then called the Civic Auditorium). The South Hall opened in 2005, and the main hall was renovated and