Venice

[jo donohoe Profile]

My daughter is travelling to Venice in a few weeks with a college group. Does anyone know restaurants (at the cheaper end ) who cater for coeliacs. I know Italy generally is very good but am told that as Venice caters more for tourists there are not so many choices. I imagine the students will head for fast and cheap food joints so the name of a pizzeria would be wonderful

[webmaster]

Hi Jo,
There's only one restaurant listed on the Italian Coeliac Society's website for Venice which is "da Poggi" (details below). When I was there I didn't eat here in the end because there was nothing vegetarian as well as gluten-free on the menu (it's mainly fish based).

The Italians are very accomodating to the diet though and if you show your eating out card they're usually happy to prepare a risotto or something gluten-free. There's also a great selection of gluten-free items (including beer) available in the supermarkets.

All the best,
Orla


Indirizzo: Rio terrà de La Madalena, 2103 Cannaregio
Tel/Fax: 392.6818463
Persona/e di riferimento: Aldreghetti Stefano
Note:
Prezzo min/max: 25
Sito web: www.ristorantedapoggi.it

You can put the link into Google Translate and it will help you navigate the site.

[webmaster]

Hi Jo,
Oh and I forgot to mention there's a Grom Gelateria on Campo San Barnaba, 30123 Venezia. They have all of their items clearly marked gluten-free on the menu and know to use a separate scoop when you say you're "senza glutine".

Orla