Not just pizza and spaghetti
in fact, i don’t think pizza or spaghetti are even native to Venice. we read in our little Lonely Planet guide (purchased for $12.99 on a last-minute oh-maybe-we-need-that whim in Denver) that we should strive to avoid restaurants brightly advertising PIZZE & PASTA too loudly in their window.
great advice.
instead, we wandered through winding streets and ducked into hard-to-find places that were out-of-the-way and filled with authentic Italian accents.
we indulged in the Hotel Concordia restaurant for an amazing 5-course tasting meal on our first night. after losing sleep with concern that he wouldn’t like the food, Brandon bravely tried thinly raw beef (carpaccio) for the first time. not sure how many folks from Nebraska can say they’ve done that.
from that moment forward, we took the waiters’ suggestions on just about everything from appetizer to wine to dessert and have yet to be disappointed. the food is GOOD.
our two other recommendations are:
Cava Tappi – Camp della Guerra
Trattoria da Ignazio – Calle Saoneri
April 25th, 2009 at 5:55 pm
There is a wonderful trattoria that was recommended to us by the owner of the hotel we stayed in a few years back. It is Salizada San Geremia just past the canal bridge across from Palazzo Labia.
(Exit main train station (Santa Lucia) and turn left, follow main road past Palazzo Labia across canal bridge, then look on your left.)
Sadly, I can’t remember the name anymore, and Google is failing the challenge.
April 25th, 2009 at 6:08 pm
brandon went to ITALY while losing sleep that he wouldn’t like THE FOOD? come again? :)
April 28th, 2009 at 1:34 am
Yes this is true. Raw BEEF was a stretch for me, but hey what can you do. When in ITALY do as the Italian server would do : )