Food & Wine
Osteria Bancogiro, San Polo
By Editor at December 1, 2010 | 09:36 | 0 Comment
Near Rialto Campo San Giacometto is close to Rialto bridge and home to several cicchetti (Venetian tapas) bars. It also neighbours on the Rialto fish market. But our focus today is one of the cicchetti bars that doubles as a restaurant, normally with the bar downstairs and restaurant upstairs-or outside. The Osteria Bancogiro is in the eponymous building that houses more...
Al Muro, San Polo
By Editor at November 30, 2010 | 18:55 | 0 Comment
Where Venetians eat their lunch Right by Rialto fish market is the A Muro restaurant and cafe. It’s more fun in summer perhaps when the genial owners set up a stall in the middle of the Campo and serve steaming dishes of risotto, fritto misto or ghoulash, but all year round this trendy venue offers great value for money. Downstairs you can buy snacks like more...
The Venice Good Food Guide
By Editor at November 22, 2010 | 16:48 | 1 Comments
Venice is built on an archipelago of 117 islands formed by 177 canals in a shallow lagoon. With its rich maritime history, it's no surprise that much of the food in Venice centres around seafood. Wild water fowl is also common on menus and many vegetables these days are cultivated on the islands of the lagoon. Our good food guide focusses on these foods actually more...
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Best Restaurants in Venice
By Editor at November 17, 2010 | 16:13 | 1 Comments
Our review team A bold claim and one that needs some sort of qualification. We award our best restaurant tag to restaurants that we have reviewed, or where Venetian friends with similar gastronomic standards have eaten and given us full reports. By this definition our list never pretends to be exhaustive and we are very happy to receive your views and reviews, which we more...
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Lion King: Scenes from an Italian Restaurant
By Editor at November 15, 2010 | 14:10 | 0 Comment
OK, it's not specific to Venice but this youtube video is good fun and, umm, almost relevant to our restaurant more...
Rialto Fish Market
By Editor at November 15, 2010 | 10:33 | 10 Comments
The Californian tourist Rialto fish market is a must for any itinerary in Venice. The colour, the bustle and the visual extravaganza of freshly caught seafood displayed on ice produces great photos and is a traditional part of authentic Venice in action. What you see there, as with what ends up on your plate, depends on the season. At this time of year you will see more...
Death in Venice A Tale of Soft-Shelled Crabs
By Editor at November 9, 2010 | 14:17 | 3 Comments
A seasonal delicacy Soft shelled crabs-known as granseola or moleche in Italian or spider crabs in English-are a seasonal Venetian delicacy. The rest of the year the crabs are caught and eaten conventionally-with the meat being extracted from the carapace. The fact that the crabs, about the diameter of a medium size lemon, are only available in Venice for two short more...
Eating Out in Venice
By Editor at November 3, 2010 | 09:35 | 1 Comments
Good food is widely available Contrary to what many other so called visitors' guides tell you, you can eat some of the world’s best Italian food in Venice at reasonable prices. But like London, Paris, New York or any other major tourist destination, bad food is available too. In general, spending a little time leaving the main tourist areas will pay dividends. Also, more...
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Snacks and Quick Eats in Venice
By Editor at October 22, 2010 | 07:46 | 0 Comment
Cheap eats There is a myriad of cheap eat options in Venice. Cicchetti or Venetian Tapas are available in many bars and include baccala mantecato (salt cod whipped to a creamy paste in olive oil), castraure (fresh young artichokes), and a pistachio-cheese cream crostini. For the sea food fan, try polipetti (baby octopus), sarde in saor (sardines marinated in vinegar, more...
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