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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 Pampo
They say 'dal pampo non c'é scampo' (there's no getting away from Pampo) and why would you want to? This is a real locals' place for ombre and cicheti, but you can sit down (inside or out) for a full, simple meal. The place is set opposite a shady park in the quietest end of the city.
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Trattoria Da Remigio
It is not often you find a restaurant that in the early evening can post a sign in the window saying completo (full), as though it were a hotel, but this place can. It has a mixed menu, featuring Venetian fish dishes and a handful of meat options. Service is fast and the results are reliable.
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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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Trattoria Giorgione
If you get lucky you'll strike upon the owner, Lucio Bisutto, a local icon, singing old Venetian songs, often in company with friends and family. He is most likely to play on Saturday and Sunday evenings. This trattoria does a great seafood risotto and even better fried seafood platter (frittura mista di pesce) .
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Trattoria San Basilio
Stefano loves a chat so come in a social mood and sea what he can offer in terms of catch of the day. You might want to have mixed seafood antipasto with prawns, squid, baccalà mantecato and sarde in saor followed by lightly grilled bream. Finish with a glass of fragolino (strawberry-flavoured wine).
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Tre Spiedini Da Bes
A classic osteria where you can crowd in for no-nonsense food. Choose from several broths and pasta for the first course and then dig into, say, a slab of sole for the main. It's a typically cramped Venetian locale, with ponderous timber ceiling beams and all sorts of paraphernalia hanging on the walls.
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Vecio Fritolin
Traditionally, a fritolin was an eatery where diners sat at a common table and dug into fried seafood and polenta, or wrapped it up in paper and took it away. At lunchtime you can still get takeaway pesse in scartosso (fried fish), but things have changed. Here you'll find pasta that's homemade (as arebread and desserts), and all ingredients are purchased daily at the nearby Rialto markets.
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Vini Da Arturo
There's not the slightest whiff of sole, bream or prawns in this carnivores' club buried in the backstreets of San Marco. Not only that, but the sizzling slabs of meat are accompanied by respectable vegetable garnishes.
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Vino Vino
This fine old wine bar got the once over in 2007 but has otherwise remained largely true to its history of offering a broad choice of wines to be accompanied by a limited range of dishes or cicheti . The remake means it has definitely lost something of the timeless aura it once had, but it is not a bad stop-off all the same in a part of town where most of the competition is rubbish.
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