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Ai Gondolieri
Surrounded by innumerable seafood restaurants, Ai Gondolieri is a welcome change for carnivores. All the mains are constituted from land-going critters, with such options as Angus steak, duck and liver.
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Banco Giro
A convivial place that once served simply as a bar and snack stand for market workers, it buzzes in the evening with a young set in for an evening of beers and light meals. In the warmer weather take a seat outside by the Grand Canal.
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Gam Gam
Gam Gam is great for your taste buds if you like Israeli-style falafels (around €5.50 ) and other Middle Eastern delicacies. This place is fully kosher and presents a diverse menu, from Red Sea spaghetti to couscous (with choice of meat, fish or vegetable sauce).
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Osteria Ale Do Marie
Hidden deep in the back alleys of Castello is this simple, welcoming eatery. You can grab a reasonable set lunch (around €20 ); otherwise, order from the menu - a range of pastas, and fish and meat mains.
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Osteria La Pergola
As the name suggests, here you can sit under a pergola (or inside beneath a fine timber ceiling) and enjoy some of the best-value food in Mestre. For a first course consider the chunky, homemade spaghetti alla chitarra (thick spaghetti made with a tool known as the chitarra , or guitar). Venetians swear by this place, which, by the way, serves no seafood.
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Osteria La Zucca
It seems like just another Venetian trattoria, but the menu (which changes daily) is an enticing mix of Mediterranean themes. The vegetable side orders (around around €5.50 ) alone are inspired, while the mains (around €12 to around €16 ) are substantial and always a little different (try the agnello arrosto con tzatziki , (roast lamb with tzatziki). Only the seriously famished will want pasta as well.
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Pane Vino E San Daniele
A revived version of a legendary old-time trattoria, haunt of postwar artists and other bohemians, Bread Wine and San Daniele (ham) offers a little more than that: a limited range of starters and gnocchi first courses, followed by various meat-based dishes.
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Ristorante La Bitta
The short and regularly changing menu is dominated by a few primi and meat dishes (what about coniglio in casseruola ai peperoni - casserole of rabbit with capsicum?), and not a fin of fish. The bottle-lined dining room leads out to an attractive internal courtyard. Leave room for dessert! Credit cards are politely declined.
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Trattoria Da Ignazio
The first thing one appreciates here is the space between tables - no forced cosiness (and in summer you can sit under the pergola in the courtyard). Service is of the old-fashioned, white-jacket variety and meals are Veneto-Italian with a marine leaning. A classic primo is the spaghetti al sugo di pesce (spaghetti with a substantial fish sauce).
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Trattoria Da Renato
Affectionately known as Da Vittorio (a reference to the owner), or good-naturedly as Il Lento (the Slow One - some say service can be tardy, largely because he prepares the food when you order it, not the night before!). You are unlikely to eat as well for this price in many other Venetian eateries. There is no pretence at gastronomic adventure, just tasty pasta dishes and decent second courses.
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