Pictured here with my friend Enrico from Torino, Italy at Al Covo restaurant in Venice.  Not only was the food and beer delicious, but the service was beyond reproach.  From the moment you are met byco-owner Cesare Benelli through the time his lovely wife and pastry chef, Diane Rankin asks about dessert,  you are magically transported into a wonderland of Italian delicacies.   Of course, we started with the raw fish platter including, sardines, sea bream, anchovies, shrimps  and crayfish.  I had the Adriatic Monkfish, “ugly, but delicious” as the waiter said.  My wife and Enrico had the linguini with clams.  My niece had a nice Tagliolini with Pesto.  And then Diane’s desserts. Dark Chocolate Cake with spicy Chocolate sauce. Heaven for my niece.

Finally, the beer.  They had the Baladin brands and we sampled the Nazionale and the Isaac.  Isaac is a white beer with citrusy and apricot flavors. Intentionally cloudy and just 5%.  The Nazionale, a beer that finally had hops in Italy.  I couldn’t get enough of this beer all week.  at 6.5% you must be careful, but none of us were driving so….

This is a MUST GO restaurant for all of the right reasons.  Food, service and beer.   Oh, and we also had a couple of nice glasses of Vino Locale.

All of rthe positive reviews on TripAdvisor and Zagat, are absolutely correct.