Giovanni Bortoluzzi Librai, the friendly
manager, welcomes you warmly after
your wanderings through narrow and
labyrinthian calles. The owner, who
has an overwhelming passion for books
and local history, tells that this
neighbourhood, a short walk from Campo
San Polo, was home to the Venetian
prostitutes in the 1500s. In this
small restaurant, the history of the
Venetian Republic has left its signs
in its name and culinary tradition.
Renaissance dishes are knowingly reinterpreted
and several medieval specialties are
offered with their antique genuineness.
Enjoy for instance the recipes combining
fish and vegetables taken from the
book of Bartolomeo Scoppi, cook of
Pope Pious V, and more dishes which
are flavourable fruit of intense,
profound culinary research. Among
these, we suggest caperossoli Savonarola,
or shellfish with olive oil and Parmesan
cheese, filetto di San Pietro con
radicchio trevigiano (filleted St.
Peter's fish with chicory fom Treviso)
and triglia dell'imbriago (mullet).
Mr. Bortoluzzi explains that cassopipa,
which sometimes appears on the menu,
takes its unusual name from the pot
where the shellfish are cooked with
spices and vegetables. Don't miss
the homemade biscuits as grand finale
to your meal.
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