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BELLUNO: Terracotta €€
Italian
Borgo Garibaldi 61, 32100
Tel 0437 29 16 92 Closed Tue;
Wed lunch
Friendly family-run restaurant
serving seasonal specialities,
which include venison, snails
and pumpkin-filled ravioli.
Excellent wine list.
CORTINA D'AMPEZZO: Pizzeria
Ristorante Croda Cafè €
Pizzeria
Large selection of wines at Ristorante Taverna Piazza Pittori Fratelli Ghedina 28,
32043
SANT'ANNA DI ALFAEDO: VERONA: Ristorante Tel 0436 86 65 89 Closed Tue
Ponte di Veja €€ Castelvecchio €€ Choose from pizzas, good-value
Regional Regional pasta and local dishes such as
Ponte di Veja, 37020 Corso Castelvecchio 21/a, 37121 polenta con funghi (mushrooms)
Tel 045 754 50 48 Closed Tue except Tel 045 803 00 97 Closed Tue; at this restaurant. The frutti di
in summer Wed lunch; Aug bosco (summer berries) with ice
This bustling rustic eatery A warm, well-established cream is a perfect dessert.
serves grilled meat, polenta con restaurant specializing in Verona
soppressa (thick sausage) and cuisine such as Risotto all'Amarone CORTINA D'AMPEZZO:
game dishes. and liver dishes. There are good Baita Fraina €€
vegetarian options and an Regional
SIRMIONE: Antica Trattoria impressive wine list. Fraina 1, 32043
La Speranzina €€€ Tel 0436 36 34 Closed Mon
Italian DK Choice in low season; mid-Apr–mid–Jun;
Via Dante 16, 25019 Oct; Nov
Tel 030 990 62 92 Closed Mon VERONA: Ristorante Enjoy traditional casunzièi
Nov–Mar Greppia €€ (home-made pasta with
Romantic terraces overlook the Regional beetroot), hearty soups and
lake here. The refined creative Vicolo Samaritana 3, 37121 flavoursome roast meats at this
cuisine includes tagliolini Tel 045 800 45 77 Closed Mon Alpine chalet with a convivial,
all'astice (thin ribbon pasta with Run by the Guizzardi family family atmosphere and fabulous
crayfish). The desserts are divine. since 1975, this warm and views of the Dolomites.
inviting restaurant is named
TORRI DEL BENACO: after a feeding trough. Diners DK Choice
Gardesana €€ who go for the Verona signature
Fine dining dish bollito misto are treated CORTINA D'AMPEZZO:
Piazza Calderini 5, 37010 to a spectacular trolley of El Zoco €€
Tel 045 722 54 11 Closed Tue; steaming meats and attendant Regional
Nov–Mar sauces (starting with the pearà Località Cademai 18, 32043
The Gardesana serves fish and – pepper sauce), served with Tel 0436 86 00 41 Closed Lunch
meat dishes in a romantic great flourish at their table. daily & Mon in low season
lakefront setting. Try the This romantic restaurant
carpaccio di tonno affumicato lined with old wood panelling
(thin-sliced smoked tuna). VERONA: Il Desco €€€ is run by an attentive wine
Italian expert who is always at
VALEGGIO SUL MINCIO: Antica Via Dietro San Sebastiano 5-7, 37121 hand to present the menu
Locanda Mincio €€ Tel 045 59 53 58 Closed Sun & Mon and suggest suitable wines.
Regional (open Mon dinner July, Aug & Dec) The chef serves up generous
Via Michelangelo Buonarroti 12, This Michelin-starred restaurant portions of hearty Italian
37067 run by a father-and-son team mountain fare such as canederli
Tel 045 795 00 59 Closed Wed; is set in a 16th-century palazzo. (dumplings), ciaspes (pasta au
Thu; 2 weeks Nov; 2 weeks Feb The imaginative menus change gratin), delicate paté and game.
Formerly a staging post, this with the seasons. Excellent value for money.
delightful restaurant features a
frescoed dining room and shaded
tables that overlook the river. The NEVEGAL: Ristorante
lake fish and eel are specialities. The Dolomites La Casera €
Regional
VERONA: Arche €€ BELLUNO: Ristorante Via Faverghera 752, 32100
Trattoria Taverna €€ Tel 0437 90 81 80 Closed Mon
Via Arche Scaligere 6, 37121 Trattoria Perched high on Col Visentin,
Tel 045 800 74 15 Closed Sun; Via Cipro 7, 32100 this rustic mountain restaurant
Mon lunch; 2 weeks Jan Tel 0437 251 92 Closed Sun; offers sweeping panoramic views
Established in 1877, Arche is 1 week Jan; 2 weeks Jun–Jul and a traditional menu that
one of the best restaurants in Popular restaurant that specializes focuses on delicious grilled
Verona. Fish features prominently in grilled meat, game and schiz, meats and polenta. Advance
on the menu. a local cheese baked in the oven. reservation is recommended.
For more information on types of restaurants see pp236–7
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