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Às vezes eu como no restaurante.

Às vezes eu como no restaurante.
Sometimes I eat at the restaurant.
From Lesson 26:Asking about time (quando, a que horas)·Portuguese (Portugal)

Questions & Answers about Às vezes eu como no restaurante.

Would this sentence answer a quando (when) or an a que horas (at what time) question?
It answers quando (when). You wouldn't use it to answer a que horas (at what time) because Às vezes means "sometimes," which is a general frequency, not a specific time on the clock.
Why does the "A" in Às vezes have a backwards accent?
That is called a grave accent, and it shows that two words crashed together. Here, it is the preposition a (at/to) combined with the feminine plural article as (the). So, Às vezes literally translates to "at the times".
In the question a que horas, we use horas for time. Why do we use vezes for "times" here?
English uses "time" for two different concepts, but Portuguese separates them! Use horas for clock time (like asking a que horas). Use vezes (the plural of uma vez) for instances or occurrences, like "sometimes" (às vezes) or "three times" (três vezes).
Why do we use no before restaurante instead of just em (at)?
In English we say "at the restaurant", and Portuguese requires "the" here as well. no is the mandatory combination of the preposition em (in/at) and the masculine word for "the", which is o.
Do I have to include the word eu (I)?
No, you can comfortably leave it out and just say Às vezes como no restaurante. The verb como already ends in -o, which clearly tells the listener that "I" am the one eating.

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