Thinking about a trip to Venice? 🇮🇹
Or already booked one? Skip the checklist and experience the city slowly — not just seeing it, but tasting it.
BACARI CULTURE
Venice gets called crowded, expensive, even overrated. And it can feel that way if you follow the crowds. But the real Venice is still there — you just have to wander off course.
Lose the plan. Get lost in quiet streets, cross empty bridges, and follow the hum of local life until you find a bàcaro.
These small, unpretentious wine bars are where Venice comes alive. Locals gather for conversation, wine, and cichèti — perfect little bites like creamy baccalà, soft-shell crab, or crostini with cured meats. You don’t sit for a meal — you point, pick a few, grab a drink, and stay longer than you meant to.
That’s the magic of Venice: not big landmarks, but small moments. One bàcaro, then another. A walk, a bridge, another glass. Slow, simple, real.
Save these spots for your trip: theses are our favourites
Tag a friend that loves Venice ❤️
@allarcovenezia@al_merca_rialto
Cantina Portega
@cantinadospade
Do Mori
@cafferosso2963
Alla Vedova
Cantinone Già Schiavi
@osteria_ai_pugni
VENICE TRIP 🇮🇹 2026
On Sunday we closed the restaurant for three days and took the whole team to Venice — a little gastronomic adventure and a big thank you for all the hard work they put in every single day.
More than anything, we wanted to show them the real Venice. Not the tourist traps, but the back streets, the little bars, the markets and the places where Venetians actually eat. The food culture that inspired Stuzzi long before we opened the restaurant, when we first travelled through Italy dreaming about what this place could be.
We wandered the city with our well-used copy of the original Polpo book by the late, great Russell Norman — still one of the best love letters to Venetian food ever written.
In many ways Stuzzi has always taken its inspiration from the best bacaro’s — those tiny Venetian bars serving cicchetti, small seasonal bites that change with the markets. Simple dishes done properly: seppia al nero, soft-shell crab, baccalà mantecato (salt cod whipped with olive oil)… honest food with big flavour.
We were also lucky enough to be there during Venice Wine Week, with local producers pouring wines across the city and brilliant little wine bars hosting tastings, parties and the occasional disco.
But as amazing as all that is, the most important thing is what the team bring back with them — inspiration, pride in Italian culture and a deeper understanding of authentic Italian food. That passion is something we hope you feel every time you come to Stuzzi.
Hope you enjoy the photos ❤️
And thank you for supporting us for the last 11 years — it’s because of you we get to do things like this with our team.
Grazie
Look out for our little guide to the best bacaros in Venice to plan you next trip ! 🇮🇹✈️
Exciting news .. STUZZI ‘THE BOOK’ INCOMING 📕
we are now authors ! Or going try to be ! with a lot of help
We have just signed a book deal with @penguinukbooks@quadrillebooks
with the help of the legendary food writer @timhayward &@financialtimes food columnist
Massive thanks to @sarah10016 for making it all happen
We are a little stuck with what to call it !
Either stuzzi mouth bangs or knee deep in shit the stuzzi story ! Can’t decide
Anyways …look forward to some awesome Italian stuzzi tour stories & shenanigans , amazing recipes , best places to eat & drink in 🇮🇹 & general shits & gigs
@brettlee_stuzzi@jimbobstuzzi@harveystuzzi
Nice food @brunswick_house drinks @quovadissoho@frenchhousesoho
SICILIAN ROTISSERIE CHICKEN SHOP MENU ➡️
BANK HOLIDAY SUNDAY
24th May 12-6pm
As you know we love to mix it up on bank holiday’s , we had Apres ski ( sell out ) & then stuzzi fish shack ( sell out )
Now its time for a brand new theme, something that we have been wanting to do for ages !
On our first Italian tour we visited a small little village north Palermo & we went to a tiny little shop called coccinella ( ladybird ) there was a queue down the road waiting for the shop to open
We joined !
All they served was whole rotisserie chicken , spat-coked on a bed of potatoes socked in chicken gravy
One of the most memorable meals on our whole tour
Anyhow’s we have serving the best rotisserie chicken this side of Palermo for this bank holiday
With those juicy roast potato & there is talk of a giant Yorkshire pudding stuffed with rotisserie chicken & gravy
The star of the show will be accompanied by an array of season salads , Stuzzichini & arancini’s all washed down you spritz & Sicilian messina beer infused sea salt & lemon 🍋 get your table booked for chicken fest !
BIGGLES is leaving US to go work for @redbull
Which leaves a spot in our front of house team
If you fancy joining the stuzzi family , & the best team
Part time / full time
Work hard play hard 💪🏻
Call in with your Cv or send a CV to [email protected]
FISH FRIDAY 🐟
Rombo liscio con Gallinacci:
Fillet of brill, lightly steamed to order and served with a roasted chicken and yeast butter sauce, buttered girolle mushrooms and sea vegetables.
Some dishes whisper. This one kicks the door in.
Carciofi fritti at Stuzzi — baby globe artichokes stuffed with creamy melted Taleggio, wrapped in rich lardo, then deep fried in Italian beer batter until perfectly crisp. Finished with a silky artichoke & saffron aioli.
🐓SICILIAN ROTISSERIE CHICKEN SHOP 🍋🔥BANK HOLIDAY SUNDAY — 24th MAY12PM–6PM
As you know, we love mixing it up on Bank Holidays…First there was Après Ski ❄️ (sell out), then Stuzzi Fish Shack 🐟 (sell out) — and now it’s time for something completely new… and something we’ve wanted to do for years.
On our very first tour of Italy, we visited a tiny village just north of Palermo and stumbled across a little rotisserie shop called Coccinella (“ladybird”). There was a queue stretching down the road before they’d even opened.
So naturally… we joined it.
All they served was whole rotisserie chicken — spit-roasted over potatoes soaking up all that glorious chicken gravy.
Simple. Perfect. One of the most memorable meals of the entire trip.
So for this Bank Holiday Sunday, we’re bringing a little slice of Sicily to you 🇮🇹
Expect the best rotisserie chicken this side of Palermo, juicy roast potatoes drenched in gravy, and rumours of a giant Yorkshire pudding stuffed with rotisserie chicken & gravy… 👀
Alongside the star of the show, there’ll be seasonal salads, stuzzichini, arancini, plenty of spritz, and ice-cold Sicilian Messina beer with sea salt & lemon 🍺🍋
Get your table booked for Chicken Fest.This one’s going to fly out
Creamy imported Puglian burrata
One of those dishes you order “for the table” and immediately regret sharing
Our Burrata con radicchio e uve silky imported burrata layered with roasted radicchio, blistered red grapes, Yorkshire honey dressing, and crushed pecans
Sweet, bitter, creamy, smoky, sharp — every flavour doing the absolute most.
Everyone’s favourite 🏀
Arancini con barbabietola e balsamico
Beetroot and balsamic risotto balls, deep fried until golden and filled with a melting centre of gorgonzola and chilli butter.
One of my Top 5 dishes ever 🍝🔥
On the menu all thru MAY
Bucatini Con Vongole e ’Nduja — Stuzzi-made bronze-die bucatini with freshly steamed clams, fiery ’nduja, samphire & slow-roasted tomatoes, all tossed through a rich shellfish and San Marzano tomato sauce.
