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( 340 4717294; Via Ponte Pietra 23; 2.30-10pm Jun-Aug, to 7.30pm Sep-Oct & Mar-May, closed
Nov-Feb)
Impeccable gelato is made on the premises, with flavours like
bacio bianco
(white chocolate and hazelnut), candied orange with cinnamon, and
mille fiori
(cream
with honey and bits of pollen gathered from local hillsides).
Osteria Sottoriva
( 045 801 43 23; Via Sottoriva 9a; meals €15-20; 11am-10.30pm Thu-Tue)
The last of the his-
toric
osterie
that once lined this riverside alley, Sottoriva still draws local crowds to
rough-hewn tables under the arcade, with wine by the glass at fair prices, and traditional
pork sausages and horse meatballs.
OSTERIA
€
La Taverna di Via Stella
VERONESE
€€
( 045 800 80 08;
www.tavernadiviastella.com
;
Via Stella 5c; meals €20-30; 11.30am-2.30pm &
6.30-11pm Thu-Sun & Tue, 11.30am-2.30pm Mon)
Brush past the haunches of prosciutto dangling
over the deli bar and make your way into a dining room, decorated Tiepolo-style with rus-
tic murals of chivalric knights and maidens. This is the place you'll want to sample tradi-
tional Veronese dishes such as
pastissada
(horse stew),
bigoli
(a type of pasta) with duck
ragù
(meat and tomato sauce) and Denominazione di Origine Protetta (DOP; guarantees
that a product and its production have been carried out in a strictly defined geographic
area) Lessinia cheeses from Monte Veronese.
Pescheria I Masenini
SEAFOOD
€€€
( 045 929 80 15;
www.imasenini.com
;
Piazzetta Pescheria 9; meals €50; 12.30-2pm Wed-Sun,
7.30-10pm Tue-Sun)
Located on the piazza where Verona's Roman fish market once held
sway, Masenini quietly serves up Verona's most imaginative, modern fish dishes. Mullet
tartare comes in a fresh tomato and basil purée, octopus is roasted with broccoli and an-
chovies, and scallops come gratinated with baked endives.
