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Venice restaurant recommendations

It's an oldy, but a goody, Harry's Bar... great atmosphere, traditional food, but awesome. Try the curried scampi...

designerguy at 12:18PM on 06/21/07

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Venice restaurant recommendations

There are two places I would highly recommend in Venice -- one we ate at last summer, Taverna San Lio (www.tavernasanlio.com/en/restaurant.htm); and a very pleasant surprise we found just last week in the Castello district, Hostaria da Franz! The latter is a little place, in a quiet part of Venice, far from the tourist crowds, but the food and the service was amazing! I assume their guests find them through word-of-mouth and hotel recommendations, because one would never find them walking around the usual places in Venice. We happened upon it because we were staying in an apartment nearby within the neighborhood. The former, Taverna San Lio, was also a great find,when we visited in 2006. It is an unusual retaurant in Venice -- more like something you would find in Amsterdam -- very modern, stylish, and with EXCELLANT food and service!

mayday1951 at 2:03PM on 06/28/07

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Venice restaurant recommendations

I second the Trattoria Alla Madonna recommendation. We strolled past the place one afternoon and chatted with the kitchen help as they stood outside for a smoke. They allowed us to peek into the kitchen and check it out.

ebpizza at 3:12PM on 06/23/07

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Venice restaurant recommendations

Trattoria Alla Madonna. That's the first place we went to when we got to Venice and it was fantastic and totally memorable. Really fresh seafood--I still remember the seafood risotto I had--and not touristy at all. Also, don't miss the Peggy Guggenheim museum when you're there. It's off the beaten track, but really cool. Another tip is to go to Mario Batali's site and check out his Italy picks--I'm sure he has a section on Venice.

amateurgourmet at 11:32PM on 06/21/07

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Venice restaurant recommendations

al Covo is delicious. I had tiny crab gnocchi there that I still remember. Fiaschetteria Toscana is good, as is Vini da Gigio. When we were in Italy in January, many of the more famous restaurants were closed- Trattoria da Fiore was closed as was Trattoria alle Testiere. We also wanted to eat at Aqua Pazza, but that was closed as well. There was one dish we had that was delicious- cuttlefish in an ink sauce over creamy polenta which I just wanted to eat over and over again. Good luck!

jennycheck at 12:34PM on 06/21/07