Venice foodie guide

Venice foodie guide: where locals eat and drink

Looking for Venice restaurants? Explore the sights fuelled by natural wines, squid-ink spaghetti and pear, chocolate and ricotta pie and more in the capital of northern Italyโ€™s Veneto region.

 

Cantina Do Mori โ€“ for cicchetti

Visiting Venice without trying cicchetti (the Venetian equivalent of tapas) at a bacaro (a neighbourhood wine bar) would be unthinkable. Venerable Cantina Do Mori is an institution where francobolli โ€“ tiny sandwiches filled with sliced meats, radicchio, gorgonzola or roasted vegetables โ€“ is the speciality.

00 39 041 522 5401


Estro โ€“ for a contemporary enoteca (wine bar)

With a list of more than 700 (mostly natural) wines from Italy and beyond, at contemporary enoteca Estro you can snack on baccalร  mantecato (creamed salt cod), meatballs in tomato sauce and sarde beccafico (sardines baked with lemon, cheese and breadcrumbs) at the bar or try one of three tasting menus.

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Vino Vero โ€“ for natural wines

A gathering place for natural-wine lovers, minuscule bar Vino Vero stands out among the mediocre restaurants and pubs located along the Fondamenta della Misericordia. Feast on sublime cured anchovy canapรฉs with friarielli greens, baccalร  mantecato and seasonal vegetables over a glass or two.

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Osteria Alle Testiere โ€“ for a fish supper

Book one of the nine tables at charming Osteria Alle Testiere, where the fish-based menu changes daily. Dine on fluffy gnocchi with baby squid, local sautรฉed caparossoli clams and grilled crustaceans. For dessert, ask for a tasting of the weekly featured cheese or indulge in a pear, chocolate and ricotta pie.

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Dal Nono Coluss โ€“ for a family-run bakery

Family-run Dal Nono Colussi is the real deal. Franco (aka Nono), daughter Linda and granddaughter Marina work tirelessly making their renowned fugassa (a sweet focaccia) and krapfen (cream-filled doughnuts). Get there just after 9am to buy the latter still warm from the oven.

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CoVino โ€“ for bistro dining

Cosy CoVino features a three-course, prix-fixe menu packed with Slow Food produce. Its creative seasonal dishes include squilla mantis shrimp with radicchio and pomegranate, spaghetti in salsa di gรฒ (a strongly flavoured Venetian sauce made with fish from the adjacent lagoon) and roast capon with a pumpkin purรฉe.

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Osteria Caโ€™dโ€™Oro/ La Vedova

A picturesque and historic bacaro known by two different names, people jostle at the bar here for small plates of Venetian meatballs, baccalร  mantecato (creamed salt cod), sardine in saor (sweet and sour sardines), and artichoke hearts to go with their drinks.

Calle del Pistor 3942; 00 39 41 528 5324


La Cantina

With its outside tables La Cantina is worth a stop whatever the time of day. As its name (โ€˜the cellarโ€™) suggests, itโ€™s a place to drink good wine and also a house beer, Morgana. Let Francesco advise you. He prepares high quality, market-driven dishes such as raw and cooked fish with crisp seasonal vegetables.

Cannaregio 3689, Campo San Felice; 00 39 041 522 8258


Alle due Gondolette

In a working-class neighbourhood far from the tourist flow, donโ€™t miss Alle due Gondolette. This restaurantโ€™s respectable family cooking includes baccala mantecato (creamed dried cod) and the baccala alle vincentina (dried cod with polenta).

Fondamenta de le Capuzine, 3016, 30121


Anice Stellato

Amid an elegant yet rustic setting, packed with locals and serving traditional Venetian cooking with modern influences, Franca, the chef, and her team will take very good care of you at Anice Stellato. The menu changes every day; if itโ€™s on, definitely try the frittura of fish and vegetables.

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Osteria Bancogiro

With its large terrace overlooking the Grand Canal, everything at Osteria Bancogiro is original and good, from eggplant-lardo-octopus tramezzini (little sandwiches, โ‚ฌ2-5) to home-made bigoli (long, thick pasta) in salsa served with a cardoon (artichoke-like vegetable) puree (menu โ‚ฌ35).

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