401jamin t1_jatq6gl wrote on March 4, 2023 at 12:17 AM

The Portuguese side of my family and lots of friends have a kitchen in the basement. The first floor kitchen is for show and holidays the basement kitchen is for daily use. Or it’s an in law apartment.

jfg1984 t1_jau18qr wrote on March 4, 2023 at 1:46 AM

Came here to say that I always associated it with Portuguese people.

HeadyBeersBrah t1_jau1bwn wrote on March 4, 2023 at 1:46 AM

Same

CammiKit t1_jau6yda wrote on March 4, 2023 at 2:32 AM

Can confirm. Husband’s parents’ house has kitchen basement. (MIL was born in Portugal.) It hardly got used though, from my knowledge.

acciodragons t1_jaul5ko wrote on March 4, 2023 at 4:36 AM

Same here. I grew up in New Bedford, MA which had a high Portuguese population. Lots of my friends had houses like this.

gines2634 t1_jaxc4ki wrote on March 4, 2023 at 8:10 PM

Don’t forget about the living room that can’t be used with plastic covers on the couches.