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 Center on The Alameda near San Jose Diridon station; and the major shopping centers at Santana Row and Westfield Valley Fair (near Interstate 8880, and Winchester and Stevens Creek Boulevards). District 7: Represented by Tam Nguyen and covers South of Downtown San Jose from 280 to Capital Expressway, including the Oak Hill Cemetery and Memorial Park; Kelley Park and Happy Hollow Zoo; and the Coyote Creek/Los Lagos Golf Course area. District 8: Represented by Sylvia Arenas and covers Evergreen, San Jose, California. District 9: Represented by Donald Rocha and covers southern Willow Glen, San Jose, California to northern Almaden, and