The Main Dish

The Venezia Restaurant welcomes guests all year round for a delicious dining experience right on the edge of beautiful Boston Harbor. As a family owned business for generations, we pride ourselves in helping you to feel like part of our family the minute you step inside.

Entertaining alfresco is one of our favorite things about summer. Bring on the barbecues and long summer nights outdoors! An easy way to spend more time with your guests and less time preparing beverages during your party is to make large quantities of cocktails in advance. Here are three of our favorite make-ahead mixed drinks for you to try at your next gathering. We hope you and your guests enjoy them as much as we do.

If you’re like us, you favor locally grown foods over the conventionally produced selection found in grocery stores and many restaurants. Farmers markets and smaller producers are seeing a notable rise in popularity and it’s not hard to see why. Being able to speak with the person growing your food, and knowing that your purchase will support local families, is understandably more enjoyable than purchasing from a large chain grocer.

Wedding season is here, and these are some of our favorite trends for 2019. Which ones do you think you might choose?

Enjoying an Italian dish made with fresh pasta is a culinary experience like none other. Imagine biting into linguine that was just made that day—its smooth texture and tenderness is the perfect medium for the sauce it's paired with. Some Italian dishes are designed for fresh pasta (we'll get into that in a minute).

Your wedding day. It's one of the most important days of your life so you want to make it as close to perfect as possible. Many brides-to-be (and grooms) freak out early on and ask, "Where should we have the reception?" What do we look for in a wedding venue?" "Where do I even begin?"

It was right after I graduated from college, and of course I thought of myself as a fully functioning, independent grown up. Classic work clothes filled my closets, colorful posters filled my walls, and the crammed schedule of an exploding social life filled my calendar. In the true spirit of my self-proclaimed maturity, I decided that I would take my mother to lunch for Mother's Day.

At one time, Mother's Day meant making mom breakfast in bed and giving her a handmade card or maybe buying her flowers. Nowadays, there are many ways to wow mom. No matter what your mom likes, here are 5 ideas for celebrating your mother in and around Boston this Mother's Day.