Where to eat in Venice?
 

Yes, I am like the biggest foodie ever and the food in my trip is as important as the landmarks are. I like small places, trattorias osterias ciccheterias and not luxurious and expensive restaurants. Any suggestions for typical and authentic places to eat in Venice?

Well first pick up a copy of Chow Venice which gives you a lot of choices, 2nd there are so so many places both bad, good and great besides the "Big Names" you need to ask for recommendations from staff where you are staying. The best places for cicchetti are easy to find by the crowds around them many local spots. Great cicchetti IMHO is to be had at
Fondamenta Gerardini called El Cantinon. The address is Dorsoduro 992. Other Good cheap eats:
Ai Nomboli, Calle Goldoni 2717, near the Campo San Polo. Has about 2 dozens types of sandwiches.
Rosa Salva, Campo S. Luca 4589
Bar da Elio, across from the Rialto fish market, good wine selection too.
Rosticceria San Bartolomeo on Calle della Bissa also has good cheap eats.
A non-bank-breaking trattoria:
Taverna San Trovaso, on Fondamenta Priuli in Dorsoduro, not far from the Squero di San Trovaso and the San Trovaso church.

I usually head to food blogs and apps for recommendations. Here are a few places to get your started:
http://www.parlafood.com/category/venice/
http://www.elizabethminchilliinrome....-eat-rome.html
http://www.foodrepublic.com/2011/09/...k-venice-italy
http://gluttonforlife.com/tag/Venice

Alle Testiere -- tiny restaurant with great seafood.

Location matters. The tourist restaurants along the Grand Canal tend to be food mills. Get off the beaten path, or beaten waterway. The Forum Search (above right) will dig up plenty of discussions on this topic. My best meal was suggested by the manager of my small hotel, sending me to a charming place where locals as well as visitors mingled. Osteria Mocenigo, Salizzada San Stae S. Croce, 1919

Cicchetti, cicchetti cicchetti... Could live on it. Venezia's answer to tapas. Love the baccalà mantecato. Consider looking up Enrica Rocca for a cooking class that starts with shopping the Rialto Mkt. Worth EVERY penny. You can see her on Andrew Zimmern's Venice show.