Venice and The Veneto
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”At Al Bacaro the next day, I ordered a salume board of prosciutto, speck, lardo, mortadella, porchetta, pancetta, and soppressa...” MORE>> |
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”This old Cortina favorite is justly famous for local specialties like penne with wild mushrooms, and game, especially alpine hare...” MORE>> |
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”'Stirring continuously? This will give you mashed potatoes instead of risotto!' exclaimed the city's other risotto maestro, Cesare Benelli of...” MORE>> |
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”Fans of Bruno Paolato (from his 15-year tenure at Venice's acclaimed Ai Mercanti) now head to his rustic new restaurant...” MORE>> |
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”The menu includes innovations (grilled Tomino cheese with nuts) and classics (delicate fish stew); the witty, wine-centric quotes on the...” MORE>> |
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”After a hill of buttery sautéed razor clams and the most impeccably cooked swordfish I've had since the time I...” MORE>> |
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”Like the wine it's named for, this three-year-old enoteca with a small wood bar is fun and increasingly popular. Brothers...” MORE>> |
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”Historically parochial Venetians have been slow to discover the proudly Sicilian Angolo di Tanit. When we stop by, Bob Marley...” MORE>> |
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”Antica Bottega del Vino, also in Verona, is the place for baccalà vicentina, a preparation that—however unlikely it seems on...” MORE>> |
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”Chef Antonella Pugliese and her husband Mimmo Piccolomo spent two years renovating the four-century-old restaurant and its fig-treed garden, modernizing...” MORE>> |
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”There's not a Murano chandelier in sight at Bacaro Lounge, where simple Italian dishes such as pasta con pomodoro are...” MORE>> |
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”Tables spill out onto a leafy patio from the two casually elegant rooms, with Beatles music playing in the background....” MORE>> |
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”Ca' d'Oro does two kinds of meatballs, both of them delicious; an equally well prepared squid with potatoes; and whole...” MORE>> |
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”The hotel's restaurant overlooks the garden; young chef Mauro Poggio creates nouvelle versions of local vegetarian and seafood platters, such...” MORE>> |
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”Young couple Francesca Tegon and Marco Ginapri filled the viticultural void behind Piazza San Marco when they opened Cavatappi (corkscrew)...” MORE>> |
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”Steven and I decide to go for broke, and are amazed by one of the best meals of our stay:...” MORE>> |
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”On Christmas Day, many family-run places close, so stick with the hotels. De Pisis at the Hotel Bauet riffs on...” MORE>> |
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”At the luxe Bauer hotel, on a terrace overlooking the Grand Canal, chef Giovanni Ciresa, (who made his name at...” MORE>> |
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”Italians have their big feast on the 24th. At Do Forni, indulge in spider crab tortelloni with lobster sauce or...” MORE>> |
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”Amid a vineyard in Fumane, Enoteca della Valpolicella serves the truest, most chaste risotto—flavored with red wine or herbs, but...” MORE>> |
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”At a neighborhood wine and beer joint like Enoteca do Colonne, two or three tramezzini—sandwiches in soft dark bread, here...” MORE>> |
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”We share platters of salumi with cheese and a scattering of tiny pickles at a small cramped table while Lorenzon...” MORE>> |
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”If Venice had a downtown, this urbane new haunt and its four young owners would be at the heart of...” MORE>> |
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”Sometimes the staff is rude (especially upstairs) and sometimes they kiss our toes. But the food—Venetian, not Tuscan, as you...” MORE>> |
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”At Hosteria Ca’ Derton’s annex, I built a late supper of herby rabbit terrine with marinated vegetables...” MORE>> |
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”Visit the splendid dining room for chef Gianfranco Faustini's superb veal Milanese....” MORE>> |
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”Customers sidle their boats alongside the patio on the square to take away pizzas for picnics on the lagoon...” MORE>> |
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”Even Venetians who don't need to pinch euros are enamored of La Bitta, a new mom-and-pop act in a small...” MORE>> |
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”Wine merchant Mauro Lorenzon set up this wine bar outpost in a cozy back room at Ristorante Canaletto last year...” MORE>> |
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”Our budget-minded Venetian pals often stake out a table in the back room at La Cantina, where Francesco slices cured...” MORE>> |
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”Venice can be unkind to pizza. After a couple of leathery pies, we are ready to give up. But friends...” MORE>> |
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”La Zucca's pocket-sized kitchen has been off and on from one year to the next, but right now it's on...” MORE>> |
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”an epic trolley of roasted and boiled meats is accompanied by salsa verde, mustard fruits, grated horseradish, and a curious...” MORE>> |
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”One of 10 restaurants in the Dall'Ava chain, which specializes in cured meats from Italy's Friuli region, this wine-bar-cum-café features...” MORE>> |
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”On warm nights, the crowds retreat to the tatami-style tables in the overgrown garden and order pristine raw, local fish...” MORE>> |
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”Young locals rave about the bargain lunch at Muro Vino e Cucina—a glass-walled wine bar with a sleek gray-and-black-themed dining...” MORE>> |
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”To Mara and Maurizio Martin of Venice's seafood temple Osteria da Fiore, that perfect grain is a Carnaroli from Riso...” MORE>> |
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”This is the place for breakfast—delicious Italian and Austrian pastries, from apple strudel to doughnuts, and Italian- or Viennese-style coffee...” MORE>> |
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”My palate educated by days of eating nothing but risotto, I drove to Riseria Ferron, a 1650 rice mill among...” MORE>> |
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”I ticked two items off my checklist of local dishes: patissada de caval, horsemeat spiced with cinnamon, nutmeg, and cloves...” MORE>> |
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”At the elegant taverna, chef Carlo Lazzaron has an often-changing menu—count on seasonal seafood, like baby scampi with lagoon island...” MORE>> |
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”Since chef Graziano Prest took over Cortina's only Michelin-rated restaurant in 2002, he has held onto its star with creative...” MORE>> |
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”Near Amistà, Trattoria Rosa serves an unreconstructed version of yet another regional specialty, tagliolini in brodo, topped with chicken livers....” MORE>> |
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”Luca Mazzola at Villa Amistà restaurant, in Verona's Byblos Art Hotel, makes his own bread and grows his own vegetables;...” MORE>> |
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