Restaurants/Bars
Al Diavolo e L'Acqua Santa
Anthony Bourdain plunges headfirst into the maze that is Venice. He meets up with Gigi Viannello very early in the morning in the city's back alleys. They come upon three distinctly wonderful "baccaros" tucked away in a quiet, unassuming corner of town. Here they drink ombretta (a little glass of wine), fragolino, clinton, merlot and sparkling prosecco and sample some bite-size Venetian appetizers such as nervetti conzi (literally "savory nerves"), spienza (boiled calf's spleen, thinly sliced and dressed in oil and vinegar), moscardini (tiny boiled octopus).
Address: Calle della Madonna San Polo 561B Venice, Italy
Cantina Do Mori
Address: S. Polo, 429 30125 Venice, Italy
Anthony Bourdain and Gigi start their Bacari (tapas/wine bar) crawl at Cantina Do Mori. They sample some local staples and chat about the Venetian pace of life.
Pronto Pesce
Address: San Polo 319 Venice, Italy
Anthony Bourdain and Gigi visit the second bacari (tapas/wine bar) that is renowned for putting new, modern, innovative twists to old favorites.
Mascaron Resataurant
Tony ends his first day in Venice at Gigi's restaurant where the chef has cooked up all the beautiful fish picked out earlier that day during Tony and Gigi's tour of the Rialto fish market.
Address: Castello, 5225, 30122 Venezia, Italy
Trattoria Borghi
After pulling up and docking a mammoth ship, Tony and Stefano meet up with some of Stefano's colleagues at a local trattoria to discuss what makes Venice so unique: the people.
Address: Dorsoduro, 1516, 30123 Venezia (VE), Italy
Da Romano
Tony visits Da Romano Trattoria on the island of Burano (of lace-making fame). The restaurant has been open for over 100 years and is tied to tradition -- it stays in the same family. Tony meets Luigi Seno (the owner) and his son. Tony tries Goh risotto, the restaurant's obsession. They have perfected the most absolutely wonderful, simple delicious fish risotto using Goh (spelling varies but it's a butt-ugly lagoon fish that Venetians adore).
Address: Calle Delle Clarisse, 6/A, 30141 Venezia (VE), Italy
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Locanda Montin
Venetian artist Geoffrey Humphries and Tony dine at Montin, a local artists' favorite where the walls are completely covered with colorful depictions of Venice. They have dinner the way penniless Venetian artists have for centuries -- trading a painting for a hot meal and a glass of vino.
Address: S. Trovaso, Fondamenta Eremite, 1147
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Al Covo
Tony visits Cesare's restaurant, Al Covo, to sample some of the freshest seafood in all of Venice including some of the house specialties and local favorites: fritto -- a large array of small fried fish and, of course, the deep-fried soft-shelled crabs caught earlier that day.
Address: Castello, 3968, Venice 30135, Italy
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