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 City Council her first two-year term as Vice Mayor, conducts Council meetings in the absence of the Mayor. District 1: Represented by Chappie Jones and covers West San Jose, San Jose, California. District 2: Represented by Sergio Jimenez and covers South San Jose including the Edenvale (San Jose) area and the Coyote Valley. District 3: Represented by Raul Peralez and covers Downtown San Jose and the San Jose International Airport. District 4: Represented by Lan Diep and covers North San Jose including Berryessa, San Jose, California and Alviso, San Jose, California. District 5: Represented by Magdalena Carrasco which is East San Jose