Mikas is a Mozambican businessman and the owner of Social B in Lisbon, Portugal. He’s part restaurateur, part renaissance man. Always with a signature fedora welcoming patrons inside the mahogany doors of his speakeasy-style cocktail bar in the central part of the city.

He left Mozambique with his family as a teen due to the political climate. Before arriving on the new continent, he described life in his native country as “full of creativity.” “I came with my mom to Europe when I was 18. I traveled all over Europe, living and passing by,” says the artist and restauranteur.  Yet, he admits there was always a pull. Something that brought him back from his travels to Lisboa, as the city is affectionately known by locals.