This is where we always go for lunch when we’re in town – it is one of our favourites! It is completely chaotic to order and find space to sit, but that’s part of the fun. It’s on a small backstreet called Calle Bissa round the corner from Rialto near San Bartolomeo square. It doesn’t look very glamorous but the food it amazing and it is jam packed with locals at lunchtime. You can’t move because everyone orders and eats standing up. 

This is a “tavolo calda” style of eatery. You can pick your food from the counters; fish and seafood are one end of the room and the counter at the other end has pasta and other classics like “Mozzarella in Carrozza” (fried mozzarella sandwiches filled with either anchovy or ham). You can eat grilled or fried seafood, prawns, or calamari, often served with polenta, and they have a delicious selection of seafood salads and marinated octopus (“insalata di polpo”).