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Calf liver sliced thin and slow-cooked with sweet onions in butter and white wine, the Venetian secondo. Served on grilled polenta bianca, with a sprinkle of parsley. The classic Rialto trattoria plate.
Fegato alla veneziana is the Venetian Republic's answer to the Roman frattaglie tradition: thin-sliced calf liver, melted onions, butter and white wine, served on white polenta. The dish appears in 14th-century Anonimo Veneziano manuscripts, and the onions-and-liver combination was a way to use the offal of the cattle slaughtered for the Republic's salumi trade. The polenta bianca (white corn) is the canonical accompaniment, not yellow. It is still on the menu at every traditional Venetian trattoria from Vini da Gigio to Antiche Carampane.
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Antiche Carampane in Venice's San Polo is the 1983 family-run seafood trattoria the Rialto fishmongers send friends to, the room with the no-tourist-menu.
OrderSpaghetti with vongole, fritto misto della laguna, sarde in saor.
TipBook a fortnight ahead. Closed Sundays and Mondays. The dining room has 10 tables, so flexibility on date is more useful than time.
Vini da Gigio in Venice's Cannaregio is the Lazzari family's canal-side trattoria, a Slow Food-listed family room running the canonical Venetian carte.
OrderBigoli in salsa, fegato alla veneziana, branzino in salt crust.
TipClosed Mondays and Tuesdays. The wine cellar runs to 1,200 labels. Book a week ahead online or by phone.
Osteria Anice Stellato in Venice's Cannaregio is the canal-side modern Venetian seafood room on Fondamenta de la Sensa, with outdoor tables along the rio.
OrderBigoli in salsa, marinated anchovies, the daily ravioli.
TipClosed Mondays. Book outdoor terrace on the rio in summer through their email or the dishcult listing.
Trattoria alla Madonna in Venice near the Rialto is the 1954-founded room with a turnover that fills 200 seats twice a day, the canonical Venetian fish.
OrderSarde in saor, spaghetti vongole, fegato alla veneziana.
TipWalk-in only. Arrive at 12:00 for lunch or 19:30 for dinner. Closed Wednesdays. Two waves through the dining room every service.
Bistrot de Venise near San Marco is the 1993 room that cooks from manuscripts of the Anonimo Veneziano and Renaissance Venetian cookbooks, the only.
OrderThe historic-tasting carte, the Renaissance saor of sole, the medieval risi e bisi.
TipTwo carte: contemporary and historic. The historic side is the reason to book; their Renaissance tasting needs 48 hours' notice.
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