Cantinone Gia Schiavi is an italian restaurant in Venice.
Cantinone Gia Schiavi in Venice's Dorsoduro is the De Rossi family bacaro since 1944 at Ponte San Trovaso, taccole crostino eaten standing on the bridge.
Editorially verified May 20, 2026 by Lewis Vaughan, TableJourney editor. Source.
Why locals love it: De Rossi family bacaro since 1944 in Dorsoduro at the foot of Ponte San Trovaso, where locals stand on the bridge with their crostini.
Tip: Eat your crostini standing on the bridge; the bar inside is tiny. Closed Sunday afternoons. The taccole crostino is the move.
Address: Fondamenta Nani 992, Dorsoduro, 30123 Venezia VE, Venice
Vini da Gigio is lazzari family trattoria on calle stua in cannaregio with a 1,200-label cellar that locals book first and tourists rarely find.
Why locals love it: Lazzari family trattoria on Calle Stua in Cannaregio with a 1,200-label cellar that locals book first and tourists rarely find.
Tip: Closed Mondays and Tuesdays. Book a week ahead. The wine cellar is the reason; ask Laura Lazzari for pairings.
Il Mercante is speakeasy-style cocktail bar near the frari with seasonal themed menus, hidden behind the day-cafe caffe dei frari that few visitors look past.
Why locals love it: Speakeasy-style cocktail bar near the Frari with seasonal themed menus, hidden behind the day-cafe Caffe dei Frari that few visitors look past.
Tip: Resy bookings. The seasonal menu refresh runs four times a year; the spice-trade-themed pours are the move.
Osteria Anice Stellato (Italian) in Venice: Book a canal-side terrace table in summer. Closed Mondays. Bigoli in salsa and marinated anchovies are the moves.
Why locals love it: Tucked on Fondamenta de la Sensa in far Cannaregio, the canal-side dining room is a 25-minute walk from San Marco that most visitors never reach.
Tip: Book a canal-side terrace table in summer. Closed Mondays. Bigoli in salsa and marinated anchovies are the moves.
CoVino is twelve seats, no signage and a daily-changing five-course slow food presidia tasting menu most tourists never find off calle del pestrin.
Why locals love it: Twelve seats, no signage and a daily-changing five-course Slow Food Presidia tasting menu most tourists never find off Calle del Pestrin.
Tip: 12 seats total. Email a week ahead for booking. Set five-course menu only at dinner.
Vino Vero is canal-side natural-wine room on the locals' cannaregio aperitivo strip, full of venetians at 19:00 and almost no tourists who haven't been told.
Why locals love it: Canal-side natural-wine room on the locals' Cannaregio aperitivo strip, full of Venetians at 19:00 and almost no tourists who haven't been told.
Tip: Canal-side outside seating fills up by 19:00 in summer. Ask for the orange-wine flight from the Friulian section.
Osteria al Squero in Venice's Dorsoduro sits on a rio bench across from the Squero di San Trovaso gondola yard, spritz at €3.50 and cicchetti €2.50.
Why locals love it: Locals stand outside on the rio bench across from the Squero di San Trovaso gondola repair yard, a side-canal corner most tourists walk past.
Tip: Sit on the canal-side bench facing the gondola workshop. Spritz €3.50, cicchetti €2.50.
