Venice Restaurant

Venice is about the most special city in Europe, a fascinating city of islands, bridges, and canals, with hundreds of ancient buildings, all assembled with the look of an artificial, tragicomic city.

Canal-side cafes and in-door restaurants are everywhere. Of all the places we have visited, Venice is the best walking city of them all. Ignore the signs and wander, wander, wander. There are no “wrong” turns, dead-ends are interesting, and we don’t remember any place in Venice that wasn’t worth the walk.

As in Rome, Paris, Berlin, Prague, and many other places, our favorite place to eat in Venice is the street-side “Cafeteria.” It’s easy to find. For example, one year we bought cherries at the fruit and vegetable market near the Rialto Bridge, washed them in a nearby fountain, and had a feast along with some French Fries, a Coke, with an ice cream cone for desert, purchased here and there as we continued to walk the beautiful “streets” of Venice.