On Thu, 7 Feb 2013 13:12:04 +0100, "ViLco" > wrote:



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>http://www.ansa.it/web/notizie/rubri...o_8204347.html
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>I never feel sorry when a restaurant in Venice gets closed, thay dare too
>much and I wish them to finally get what they deserve: a condemnation to a
>sound fine. The city Townhall should partake in the trial to defend the name
>of Venice from these thieves, asking for a huge financial compensation from
>them as the Townhall of Rome did a few years ago in a similar case.
>
>I posted this since I remember reading complaints, here on RFC, about crazy
>Venice's restaurants prices.

Sounds like they are out to scam tourists somehow with prices not
posted. I'm not sure how the scampi became a reason to raise drink
prices but . . .


A dinner with fried 'plus' with prawns in a restaurant-pizzeria in the
central area of ??Santa Maria Formosa in Venice, cost 600 euro to two
Danish tourists who have launched a formal protest. The incident
occurred a month ago but - as reported by The Gazzettino - echoes of
the story came from Denmark a few days ago.

The story has become a 'case', which were considered informed the
police that the pair of Danish tourists are diplomats to return home
have filed a protest to the Italian Embassy.

According to their story while eating the fry cook would propose they
also enjoy some scampi - a gesture seen as a kindness by tourists -
that would actually become the reason to raise the price of the drinks
to excess. In the end, thus, the cost of the dinner had grown to 600
euro.