Late Lunch Near Strada Nova
- July 12, 2009
- Rated 4 of 5 by
sararevell from London, United Kingdom
Friends of ours who stayed at the nearby Ca’Gottardi hotel a few months prior to our visit suggested La Cantina. They warned us that the service is far from fast but if you’re happy to sit and watch the world go by then you won’t notice the wait (well not too much).
Our madcap waiter (who may well have been the owner) kept us all entertained in a way the Marx brothers may have done. A couple of girls sat next to us asked him to take a photo and he promptly turned the camera on himself, posing with a big smile. He did oblige them though before handing back the camera.
We ordered a beer and a couple of glasses of prosecco and three ham and cheese panini. The drinks arrived in good time and to be fair, the food wasn’t too far behind. We perched on high stools under their awning on a very mild October afternoon. There was ample outdoor seating around some tall barrels as well as at other, regular height tables. Shoppers shuttled to and from Strada Nova with carrier bags in hand. We visited a few glass boutiques next to La Cantina and bought some postcards and over-priced Murano beads.
The paninis were excellent and it made for a tasty late lunch stop. I think we would all have liked to have made a return visit but the Cannaregio district is in the north of Venice and being that we were staying in the south it was sadly a bit too far for us to come again.
From journal Venice: Prosecco, Gelato and la Giudecca