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Guide MICHELIN Italia 2026: two stars
Lagoon cooking with the grill and vegetables from the islands, served in the Palazzo Venart with a garden on the Grand Canal.
Venice · Cucina d’autore
Local
A modern restaurant with an open kitchen in Castello that reinterprets Venetian cooking with produce from the lagoon.
Guide MICHELIN Italia 2026: one star
Local is on the Salizada dei Greci in the sestiere of Castello, not far from the Greek Orthodox church of San Giorgio dei Greci. Opened in 2015, the restaurant is modern and pared back, with a kitchen in full view. Head chef Salvatore Sodano gives Venetian cooking a contemporary interpretation: with ingredients from the lagoon and the surrounding countryside, with risotti, briefly cooked fish and meat dishes, and with experimental techniques.
A tasting menu of seven or nine courses is served. The wine cellar holds almost 1,000 references, mostly from Italy. The Guide MICHELIN counts Local among the liveliest restaurants in the city and expressly recommends it for an evening for two. Anyone wanting to get to know Venetian cooking beyond the familiar classics will find a contemporary approach here that still lets the origins of the dishes show through.
Good to know: Closed on Tuesday and Wednesday, open only for dinner on Thursdays and Sundays. The restaurant takes reservations directly.
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The cuisine of Veneto
Lagoon, plain and foothills: in Venice fish and seafood dominate, often with spices dating from the days of the trade with the East, while on the mainland it is rice, polenta and radicchio. Typical are cicchetti, small bites served with a glass of wine in the bacari, the Venetian wine bars.
Typical wines: Amarone della Valpolicella DOCG, Conegliano Valdobbiadene Prosecco Superiore DOCG, Soave Classico DOC
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