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( 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 strings of garlic and haunches of prosciutto
dangling over the deli bar and make your way into a dining room, decorated Tiepolo-style
with rustic murals. This is the place you'll want to sample traditional Veronese dishes
such as horse
pastissada
(stew), bigoli with duck
ragù
and DOP 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, Elio Rizzo
is quietly serving up traditional Veronese dishes with an elegant, modern twist. Mullet
tartare comes in a fresh tomato and basil puree, octopus is roasted with broccoli and an-
chovies, and scallops come gratinated with baked endives.
Drinking & Nightlife
Piazza delle Erbe is ringed with cafes and bars and fills with a fashionable drinking crowd
045 800 45 49; Piazza delle Erbe 26;
4pm-2am Thu-Tue Sep-May, daily Jun-Aug)
and hip
Casa Mazzanti
8am-2am)
.
045 800 32 17;
www.casamazzanticaffe.it
; Piazza delle Erbe 32;
Osteria del Bugiardo
( 045 59 18 69; Corso Porta Borsari 17a; 11am-11pm, to midnight Fri & Sat)
On busy Corso Portoni
Borsari, traffic converges at Bugiardo for glasses of upstanding Valpolicella bottled spe-
cifically for the
osteria
. Polenta and
sopressa
make worthy bar snacks for the powerhouse
Amarone.
WINE BAR
Antica Bottega del Vino
( 045 800 45 35;
www.bottegavini.it
;
Vicolo Scudo di Francia 3; 3 tasting plates €27; noon-11pm)
Wine is
the primary consideration at this historic
enoteca
(wine bar) with beautiful wood panelling
and backlit bottles of Valpolicella vintages. The sommelier will gladly recommend a
WINE BAR
