The paparazzi has made much of a recent Venice visit by: Famiglia Brangelina”.  If you wish to trace Brad & Angelin’s treks to a gelato shop and an enoteca. Here are the two  places previously identified in the media.

> La Gelateria Lo Squero
Simone Sambo makes some of the finest ice-cream in Venice. He’s hard-pressed to pinpoint a favourite flavour, but can happily rattle off those in in his current repertoire – which always depends on the freshest ingredients available. His mousse series (blueberry, strawberry, chocolate and hazelnut, among others) is so light and creamy, it’s served in a waffle cone so it doesn’t fly away.
Dorsoduro 989-90,
fondamenta Nani
Transport Vaporetto Accademia or Zattere
Tel # 347 269 7921

> La Enoteca Schiavi
992 Fondamenta San Trovaso, Dorsoduro
Tel # 041/523-0744
For lack of a better term this is a ‘wine bar/wine tasting’, in Venetian it’s called a ‘Bacaro’ where local Venetians stop in to “prendere un’ombra” which tranlates to “take a little shade”. What it really means though is to have a glass of wine and chat. Along with the wine they sell dozens of different ‘cicchetti’ at 1euro each. These are small slices of crusty bread with different toppings. These toppings can be as simple as a piece of local cheese or various salamis to ‘baccala mantecata’ and caviar.

This entry was posted on Monday, February 22nd, 2010 at 1345 and is filed under A&B Editorial, Food + Culture, Italian Style, Venezia, Vino.