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10
ProntoPesce
$
SEAFOOD, CICHETI
Alongside Venice's fish market, this designer deli serves artfully composed
crudi
,
well-dressed seafood salads, legendary Saturday-only fish risotto (served at 1pm
exactly) and superb shellfish stews in winter. Grab a stool and an (unfortunately)
plastic glass of DOC soave with
folpetti
(baby octopus) salad and plump prawn
crudi,
or enjoy yours dockside along the Grand Canal. (
041 822 02 98;
www.prontopesce.it
; Rialto Pescheria 319, San Polo; cicheti €3-8;
9am-2.45pm & 7-11.30pm Tue-
Sat;
Rialto-Mercato)
11
Al Pesador
$$$
MODERN ITALIAN
Watch the world drift down the Grand Canal outside or canoodle indoors, but pre-
pare to sit up and pay attention once the food arrives. Pesador reinvents Venetian
cuisine with culinary finesse:
cicheti
feature mackerel with
saor
(balsamic-vinegar
marinade) and paper-thin
lardo crostini
(cured pork fat on toast) with mint oil
,
while
primi
(mains) include red-footed scallops kicking wild herbs across squid-
ink gnocchi. (
041 523 94 92;
www.alpesador.it
;
Campo San Giacometto 125, San Polo; cicheti
€1.50-5, meals €40-55;
noon-3pm & 7-11pm Mon-Sat;
Rialto-Mercato)
12
Osteria La Zucca
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MODERN ITALIAN
Vegetable-centric, seasonal small plates bring Venetian spice-trade influences to
local produce: zucchini with ginger zing, cinnamon-tinged pumpkin flan, and
raspberry spice cake. Herbed roast lamb is respectable here too, but the island-
grown produce is the breakout star. The snug wood-panelled interior gets toasty,
so reserve canalside seats in summer. (
041 524 15 70;
www.lazucca.it
;
Calle del Tintor
1762, Santa Croce; meals €30-45;
12.30-2.30pm & 7-10.30pm Mon-Sat;
;
San Stae)
13
Dai Zemei
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VENETIAN, CICHETI
