Seafood restaurants in Venice
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Hostaria Da Franz
Known in Venice as home to one of the best tiramisus in the world, Da Franz is also a phenomenal seafood stop (trying to get a table here during the Biennale is impossible). Two dishes spring to mind: the melt-in-mouth seppie (cuttlefish) prepared in black ink, and the anguila (eel), prepared according to grandma's secret recipes as a grilled fillet - surprising and delicious.
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Trattoria alla Madonna
A classic restaurant a stone’s throw from the Pescaria, with diners packed in like anchovies, waiters in white jackets and black tie expertly navigating narrow channels between tables, and a menu that hasn’t changed much since the restaurant opened in 1954. Traditional seafood offerings range from straightforward grilled fish through seasonal specialities like capelonghe (razor clams) in a white wine broth to the more obscure uova di seppia (cuttlefish eggs) which tastes like sturgeon caviar.
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Do Farai
Hidden away on a calle (street), this neighbourhood restaurant packs picky eaters into a timber-panelled room hung with championship scarves and fragrant with aromatic seafood dishes: pasta with clams, mussels and sweet prawns; grilled seabass served with aromatic lemon and a flourish; and Venetian tris di saor sarde, scampi e sogliole (sardines, prawns and sole in the tangy Venetian saor marinade). Service proceeds at a leisurely pace; bide your time with a superior Negroni cocktail.
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Osteria Penzo
Once, all you would get here was wine and basic snacks but nowadays staff prepare good local dishes based entirely on the fleet's catch. The setting remains homy and simple, a little osteria with photos of Chioggia as it once was. You can start with some cicheti and proceed with gnocchetti con vongole veraci, cipolla bianca e radicchio rosso (little gnocchi with clams, white onion and red chicory) before trying the fish of the day.
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Osteria Giorgione
Wine-lovers will enjoy combining one of the bottles of fine Veneto and Friuli drops that line the exposed brick walls with a carefully prepared fish dish. Don't hesitate to try the zuppa di cozze (a big bowl of mussels in a light onion and capsicum broth) as a starter. There is also a handful of meat dishes for landlubbers. It's a romantic spot with soft lighting and discreet service.
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Osteria da Alberto
All the makings of a true Venetian osteria – hidden location, casks of wine, chandeliers that look like medieval torture devices – plus fair prices, seasonal cicheti, a crispy Venetian seafood fry, and a silky pannacotta with strawberries. Be warned: the kitchen closes early when the joint’s not jumping.
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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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Alle Testiere
In a cosy, nay, tiny dining area with B&W photos on the walls, the chef may well come up for a chat as you sample the tasty offerings. Fish is the leitmotif. A handful of starters and pasta courses (around €15) are followed by a couple of set main courses or fresh fish (whatever happens to have been caught that day).
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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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Busa alla Torre
Watch Murano-glass-mad shoppers rush past as you raise a glass to Lele, your host for extravagant lagoon feasts. Take a seat on the piazza off the canal and work your way through the seafood menu, from crispy, lightly fried moeche (soft-shell crab) to sea-bass ravioli in granseola (spider-crab) sauce.
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Linea D'ombra
A good catch for fish and even better for the location. Grab a seat on the generous pontoon set out from the footpath and gaze over the Canale della Giudecca while getting stuck into some tender fish of the day. Some tables are set aside for drinking only, grand for an early afternoon tipple in the summer sun.
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Boccadoro
Take a seat beneath the pleasant pergola on this quiet square for the freshest of seafood. The house special is the fritto misto, a delicate fry up of fish, seafood and vegetables. If you want, the owner will explain the various merits of his fresh fish brought in from Chioggia that day.
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Trattoria La Favorita
Spider crab gnochetti, fish risotto and crudi at noncelebrity prices make La Favorita earn its name. Book ahead for the wisteria-filled garden, where songbirds refuse to be outsung by the ring tones of movie moguls here for the Venice International Film Festival.
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