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Closed Sundays and Mondays.
With only 22 seats, this low-key but acclaimed osteria is the unadorned and gently priced alternative to the city’s more luxurious seafood meccas. Steps from San Marco, at the edge of Castello, Alle Testiere was once a closely guarded secret, so undiscovered that one could just show up and be seated right away. But now reservations must be made well in advance. Regulars know to pay attention to specials like mussels with ginger, a seasoning that’s not uncommon in Venice—a legacy, perhaps, of Asia’s influence here—as well the sautéed triglie (red mullet) and ravioli with shrimp, pumpkin and ricotta