THE MENU
The current menu, with our specialties tied to the Venetian farmlands and their seasonal products.
Lunch Menu
Appetizer/Pasta
- Appetizer of the day “decided at the market” €20/25
- Raw fish and /or shell fish of the day €25
- Adriatic fish and shellfish appetizer platter €28
- Oysters from the Marennes Gillardeau #3 €5/each – not always available –
- Masculine di Magghia anchovies on toast with Primiero butter €15
- Burrata di Andria, “green sauce” and Masculine di Magghia anchovies €20
- “Baccalà” dry cod mousse, “biancoperla” polenta and Vitelotte potatoes €15
- Culatello and salami from Zibello with pear, 36-month aged Reggiano €25
- Light beef tartare ( Bianca Piemontese ), black truffle, fries, field greens €25
- Pasta dish of the day “decided at the market“ -2 options- €23
- “Creamless” fish and shellfish, chowder with S. Gavino saffron €21
- Traditional “Pasta e fagioli” soup, sausage, “Treviso” radicchio endives €15
- Our bergamot “Russian salad” with local shrimp €15
Main Dishes / Sides Dishes
- Fresh Adriatic fish dish “decided at the market” €28
- Breaded- fried sardines and “canoce” shrimp, fries, fennel, “rouille” sauce €25
- Deep-fried platter of Adriatic fish and shellfish and vegetables €30
- Cheeseburger ( Bianca Piemontese ) potato fries and crudité 200 gr. €20
- “Not fish” dish of the day €15/25
- Fresh vegetable platter (Sant’ Erasmo and lagoon vegetable gardens) €15
- Salad of “first cut” lettuces, field greens and legumes €10
- Bean salad (Gialèt from Val Belluna) €10
Tasting menu of local fish, seafood and vegetables – only for the entire table –
3 appetizers, pasta dish, main dish, dessert or cheese
€ 60/per person
With wine pairing: € 20 (3 glasses) € 28 (4 glasses)
Cover Charge € 5/per person (already included in the Tasting Menu and with a choice of 2 courses per person)
Only MASTERCARD and VISA – Service charge not included, left to your discretion
Dinner Menu
Appetizers
- Gillardeau oysters from Marennes #3 and/or Adriatic sea truffles €5/3 per piece – not always available –
- Appetizer of the day “decided at the market” €20/25
- Appetizer of Adriatic fresh fish and shellfish, Venetian-style €30
- Fresh Adriatic raw scampi “al Prosecco” €25 – not always available –
- This evening’s tartare of fresh wild Adriatic fish €25
- Light beef tartare (“Bianca Piemontese” breed ), quail egg, black truffle and field endives €25
- Culatello (cured ham) and salami from Zibello with pear and and 36-month aged Reggiano €25
- Burrata from Andria, “green” sauce and Masculina anchovies €22
- Salted Masculina anchovies on toasts with Primiero butter 15€
- Dry cod mousse Venetian style with polenta and vitelotte potatoes €15
- Our bergamot “Russian salad” with local shrimps €15
Pasta and Soup starter portions
- Linguine with real “vongole veraci”, “pevarasse” clams and broccoli rabe €23
- Rigatoni with dry cod “Baccalà”, chicory hearts and Bronte pistachios €21
- Special pasta dish of the evening €23
- “Creamless” chowder of local fish, clams, S. Gavino saffron, orange zest and “rouille” sauce €21
- “Pasta e fagioli” (traditional bean and pasta soup), sausage and “Treviso” radicchio endives €18
Main dishes
- Fresh daily fish dish “decided at the market” €28
- Salt cod “battagin” in cocotte with potatoes, plums, Bronte pistachios and rosemary €25
- Deep-fried medley of fish, seafood and vegetables with Biancoperla polenta (2 servings) no lemon €38
- Breaded, fried fresh sardines “de alba” and mantis shrimp, matchstick fries, fennel, “rouille” sauce €25
- Beef cheeks of “Bianca Piemontese” breed, Amarone sauce, braised “Treviso” and horseradish purè €25
- Special meat dish of the day €25/18
Side dishes
- Fried rosemary potatoes – “Misticanza” salad with legumes – Braised radicchio endives – Salad of Gialletti beans from Val Belluna – Spagnolit Lamon beans “all’uccelletto” €10
- Fresh vegetable platter (Sant’Erasmo and lagoon vegetable gardens) €15
Cesare’s Tasting Menu Carte “ (local fish and seafood) – only for the entire table –
(Sorry, not after 9:30PM)
7 courses – 3 appetizers, 1 pasta dish, 2 main dishes, dessert or cheese € 70 per person
With wine pairing: 2+1 glasses = € 20 / 3+1 glasses = € 28
We accept only MasterCard and Visa – Service Charge: not included, left to your discretion
Cover Charge: € 6 each (no charge with a purchase of 60 € per person or with Tasting Menu)
-Sorry, no separate checks –
In choosing our produce, we favor small-scale producers preferably from the islands of the lagoon, Venetian hinterland, and the Slow Food Presidiums. For our homemade pasta, for our desserts and for deep-frying we use unrefined, stone-ground flour. Our high quality extra virgin olive oils are from olives picked and pressed in the area in which they are grown.
Our fish and seafood are principally Adriatic-Mediterranean, not farmed, Fao 37 (2.1,2.2,1.1,1.2,1.3)- Fao 27.
Our meats come from the Zivieri butchery and our charcuterie from Az. Agr. Antica Corte Pallavicina (Zibello) and the Falaschi butchery (San Miniato).
Raw and marinated fish have undergone preventive temperature treatment for raw fish protocol.
*NOTE: Many of our dishes contain allergens. Check posted list and please advise
-Ristorante Al Covo belongs to the Alliance of Chefs and Slow Food Presidia-
Presidia are Slow Food projects that work to protect small-scale producers and to safeguard quality, traditional products.