La Zucca

La Zucca Review

The simple place settings, lattice-wood walls, canal window, and mélange of languages make La Zucca (the pumpkin) feel as much like a typical vegetarian restaurant as you could expect to find in Venice. Though the menu does have superb meat dishes such as the piccata di pollo ai caperi e limone con riso (sliced chicken with capers and lemon served with rice), more attention is paid to dishes from the garden: try the radicchio di Treviso con funghi e scaglie di Montasio (with mushrooms and shavings of Montasio cheese) or the finocchi piccanti con olive (fennel in a spicy tomato-olive sauce). In good weather, dining at outdoor table couldn't be more pleasant. Reserve several days in advance to book one of two dinner seatings, at 7-7:30 or 9-9:30.