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>>Find Trattoria Aciugheta. They have cicchetti, but they have the most
>>phemonominal wine list, and look at those prices. From the north side
>>of San Marco, go two blocks east. It is on the north side, with a guy
>>outside trying to get you in.
>
>Agreed, good place, but remember it is divided into two sections, when
>you first arrive you think you are in an average cheap pizza dive, and
>that is what it is, but in parallel they run an authentic osteria, one
>of the best in Venice.
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Show up at noon, choose your wine, have it opened to breath, and get a
table in the back. My wife and I are usually given one of the tables
for 4.


>>Whatever you do, do not stay in Lido, Meister, or any other off Island
>>place.
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>Avoid Mestre, yes, but Lido? You can find a decent hotel at a good
>price 2 minutes from the boat stop, and you are in San Marco in 10
>minutes, a lot faster than from many places in Venice proper. Plus if
>you have a rental car, you can park outside your hotel, and not get
>taken by the outrageous parking fees in the big garage in Venice
>itself. No need to trudge around town carrying your bags for miles. I
>would say that Lido is a perfect option. Try the hotel Villa delle
>Palme.

Still do not like Lido, with all the bus traffic, etc.
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>Mike