Anice Stellato in Venice and Columbus in Mestre: Maybe it's just a gouchy, rainy week, but....

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Anice Stellato has been my trustworthy Sunday haunt for the 20 years I've been coming here every other year and despite the considerable schlep, I've always been pleased, but.....

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

I don't know what it is/was but it's bloom is off the rose, despite the beautiful warm welcome a great service: my foursome appetizer of tiny pieces of sardine, mackerel, squid and herring was it? with accompanying artichoke heart slices, onions, grapes, sun-dried tomatoes, olives and potatoes was OK but couldn't make up its mind whether to be hot, lukewarm or cold so it was a mixture of all three; and my pasta (trofie) with ragout of carne was essentially OK pieces of stewed beef with horribly al dented pasta and a blah sauce.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

With very tasty bread circles, 50 cl of the house Cabernet, no bottled water and a coffee corrected correctly, my bill was 30.50 E.

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Columbus in Mestre has also been one of my Sunday mainstays, just down the street as it is from my hotel, taking no reservations and full of exuberant kids and young families.  The pizzas are made by very impressively tall skinny guy, a sort of white Barack Obama – and they roll right out.

Tonight I had a simple green salad and pizza with a melted cheese (like raclette), tasty black olives, shaved parmesan and cherry tomato quarters.  (Next time back to the sausage.)

The bill with wine was 21.50 E.

Comments

[Bob Marino]

I, too, was a fan of Anice Stellato, but lost my interest in it the last time I was in Venice, in September 2011. My new favorite in Venice is Ai Promesi Sposi, an osteria that serves meat and fish at Calle dell'Oca 4367 Cannaregio
[just off the Strada Nova near the Campo Santissimi Apostoli]
Tel: 041-241.2747. Closed Wednesdays.
Small menu, perhaps only four main dishes, which means everything is fresh. Owner speaks English and French.

[John Talbott]

That's fascinating because Ai Promesi Sposi was on my list rec'd by my source and I never got to it.
Next time. Thanks Bob.