Restaurants in San Marco (san-marco)

Bistrot de Venise ★ 4.2

Historic Venetian, Renaissance recipes€€€san-marco

Bistrot de Venise near San Marco is the 1993 room that cooks from manuscripts of the Anonimo Veneziano and Renaissance Venetian cookbooks, the only such kitchen in the lagoon.

Signature: Anonimo Veneziano 14th-century recipes, Renaissance dishes, Saor of historic origin

Order: The historic-tasting carte, the Renaissance saor of sole, the medieval risi e bisi.

Tip: Two carte: contemporary and historic. The historic side is the reason to book; their Renaissance tasting needs 48 hours' notice.

Harry's Bar ★ 4.0

Venetian classic, Cipriani€€€€san-marco

Harry's Bar on Calle Vallaresso is the 1931 Cipriani family room that invented the carpaccio and the Bellini, the canonical historic-bar lunchroom in San Marco.

Signature: Carpaccio, Risotto alla primavera, Calf's liver Venetian-style

Order: Bellini at the ground-floor bar, beef carpaccio upstairs, risotto alla primavera.

Tip: Drinking at the bar costs a fraction of upstairs dining; the Bellini is the reason to stop. Book upstairs through OpenTable a fortnight ahead.

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