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, Nueva Ecija Guimba, Muñoz and San Jose, was initially constructed in the 1920s and was completed in 1939. However, in 1988, during the administration of Corazon Aquino, the North Main Line was closed (see Philippine National Railways). This railway branch line has long been neglected and dismantled since the its closure. The concrete ruins of the old MRR station of San Jose City, is located along San Roque Street in Barangay Abar 1st. San Jose City has many private and public schools. Private schools: Public schools: The park is situated at the gateway to the Cagayan Valley, at the foot of Mount