Restaurants in Venice with chicken dishes on menu

Are you sure you have found restaurants that serve only seafood, offal and pasta?

One of my favorite Venice restaurants has fried chicken on their menu, Anice Stellato. It's a very good restaurant, and in a beautiful location not close to the more touristy parts of Venice. Also, Estro Vino e Cucina has a main course of Faraona (guinea fowl), also an appetizer course of a poached egg that looks delicious.

Some ideas for you. Do you eat beef? Veal? Pork? Vegetarian main dishes? Fish? I see those items on a number of Venice restaurant menus. You may want to get a bit more creative, and have two appetizers for your meal; they might not have chicken, but will have other items that are not pasta or seafood. Also check out some pizzerias. They always have more than only pizza, you may find non-seafood main courses (though perhaps not chicken) and other items that you may enjoy. Or pizzas, which you can get with pretty much anything you want (though I admit I have not looked for chicken because it's not my favorite). For example, Aciugheta, which yes means anchovies, but only a small number of their dishes (pizza or otherwise) come with anchovies on them.

Just a mild battering about the head -- the word 'offal' -- just stop using it.

I have a friend who hates mushrooms, not unusual, but in his case I think it's exacerbated by the word 'toadstools'

He can't get the word out of his head, so he associates mushrooms with what toad's poo. Ick.

So, try calling organ meats 'organ meats' since they are organ meats.

It works in the other direction-- people see the term 'sweetbreads' and they think that sounds like something nice to try, and they are right. It is something nice to try, especially when sautéed with chanterelles or morels and some leafy greens.

Also, there are great stews and soups [brodos] all over the north.

I do also like fish btw but not seafood. And sorry, just can't hack 'organ meats', I have tried but not for me.

I've always wondered, we think of pasta with tomato based sauce as typical Italian cuisine. But, Marco Polo didn't bring pasta back from China until around 1300, and tomatoes came from Peru, which wasn't discovered until after 1492. What did Italians eat before that? Or did they eat?

You many want to take a look at this menu as a reference https://www.ristorantesantrovaso.it/menu-carta/ . I don't think all restaurants in Venice served only seafood and pasta.

On our last few trips we have enjoyed Alvise:
https://www.ristorantedaalvise.com/

They have chicken on their menu as well as fish and some vegetarian options. We enjoyed eating on their deck over the water and watching the boats go by. The location is also particularly convenient when returning from Murano as it is close by the vaporetto stop.

Enjoy Venice! It is a magical city.

I occasionally go to the restaurant below, especially if I’m near the Accademia. They have some dishes that are not fish or pasta, including pizza, rabbit, veal, beef. They might even have gnocchi, which are made of potatoes.

However people who don’t like pasta should be denied a visa to enter Italy. So you might be subject to deportation procedures by ICE (Italian Culinary Enforcement) police.

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Never had trouble in Venice or anywhere else in Italy with my no seafood, no organ meats, semi-vegetarian preferences. I do love pasta, though, so that helps. I don’t think I have ever in 25 years of going to Italy ordered a main course and my husband hardly ever does, either. We select from the antipasti and the primi parts of a menu —- that is more than enough food for a meal. It’s often more interesting food, too. Flans, savory tortes, soups, potato things, bruschetta variations, cheese and cured meat platters, grilled vegetables—- you will not go hungry!

In December 2023, during a 10-night stay, our favorites were:

La Rampa in Castello (also on a previous trip)

Osteria La Zucca (also on two previous visits)

Osteria da Pampo in Castello

La Palanca in the Giudecca

Ca’ d’oro alla Vedova (how restaurant spells it on Facebook) just a few feet off the busy Strada Nova —- nice meatballs!

good choice nancys8, Osteria La Zucca, one of our favs.

Of course, our grandchildren’s favorite in Venice was pizza topped with hot dog slices and French fries.

When we were in Venice we just walked down the street looking at restaurants and menus until we found something interesting. I recall all of them offering a variety of foods so I’m sure you can find poultry, beef, pork or vegetables that aren’t organ meat and don’t involve pasta. We did stumble on a Puglianese restaurant - how do you feel about donkey? :-) Good luck!

I was going to recommend a restaurant I went to several times last September, but I see that it has apparently morphed into a drinks-and-appetizers sort of place. But I don't think you'll have any problem finding restaurants serving simply prepared chicken (sauted cutlets served with sauteed vegetables, etc.) or fish. There are a gazillion restaurants in Venice. Now, if you want one of the top 20 or 50 and must have either chicken or fish, that will be somewhat limiting. Otherwise, it's not going to be difficult. Mind you, there may very well be just the one chicken option on the menu, but your odds of a good meal rise if you eat in places that don't offer dozens and dozens of options.

Most places post their menus outside. Take a look as you walk around and make a note of possibilities. Check Google Maps to avoid wandering into a place with a rating of 3.8 or something like that.