Osteria ai Pescatori
Piazza Baldassare Galuppi 371
Cuisines: Seafood
About
This is your finest choice on Burano. This restaurant opened 200 years ago in a building that was antique even then. Today, Paolo Torcellan and his wife serve a cuisine prepared with gusto. The place has gained a reputation as the preserver of a type of simple restaurant unique to Burano. Patrons often take the vaporetto from other sections of Venice (the restaurant lies close to the boat landing) to eat at the plain wooden tables set up indoors or on the small square in front. Specialties feature all the staples of the Venetian seaside diet, such as fish soup, risotto di pesce, pasta seafarer style, tagliolini in squid ink, and a wide range of crustaceans, plus grilled, fried, and baked fish. Dishes prepared with local game are also available, but you must request them well in advance. Your meal might include a bottle of fruity wine from the region. Warning: No one ever won any congeniality contests around here.
