Restaurant in Fossò, Italy
Michelin-recognised cicchetti at everyday prices.
Bàcaro Il Gusto in Fossò holds a Michelin Plate for 2024 and 2025, a 4.7 Google rating across 802 reviews, and a €€ price point that makes it one of the most accessible Michelin-recognised meals in the Veneto. Chef Alessio Boldrin reframes the classic Venetian cicchetti tradition as a composed, sequenced dining experience. Book if you want regional cooking with genuine technical ambition at a fraction of the cost of the region's tasting-menu destinations.
Picture a single large plate arriving at your table, arranged with cicchetti in the Venetian tradition — but recomposed, considered, and clearly the work of a kitchen with something to prove. That is the opening move at Bàcaro Il Gusto in Fossò, where chef Alessio Boldrin has taken a format typically associated with canal-side counter snacking in Venice and turned it into a coherent dining proposition. The venue holds a Michelin Plate for both 2024 and 2025, carries a Google rating of 4.7 across 802 reviews, and sits at a €€ price point that makes it one of the more accessible Michelin-recognised experiences in the Veneto region. If you are planning a meal in or around Fossò and want something that punches above its price tier, book here.
The bàcaro format is inherently spatial: it is about proximity, informality, and the feeling that food is being handed to you rather than presented from a distance. Bàcaro Il Gusto honours that instinct while adding structure. The room is organised around the idea of an intimate, accessible dining experience rather than a grand dining room, and that scale works in your favour. For a special occasion, the counter or close-set seating means you are watching the kitchen's logic unfold in real time — cicchetti arriving as a composed plate rather than individual pieces grabbed from a bar display, which signals a kitchen that has thought carefully about sequencing and portion architecture.
For a date or a celebration dinner, this format is well-suited. The closeness of the room encourages conversation rather than performing for a large space, and the progression from the signature cicchetti plate to the à la carte menu gives the meal a natural arc. You are not choosing between a tasting menu and à la carte in the usual sense; the kitchen has built a bridge between the traditional Venetian snack culture and a full sit-down experience, and the result is a meal with more personality than a standard trattoria at the same price.
The cicchetti served on a single shared plate are the entry point and the clearest expression of what Boldrin is doing: classic Venetian bar bites reframed as a composed starter. The à la carte menu includes dishes such as tagliolini with cacio, pepe, and scampi, which illustrates the kitchen's approach of anchoring a Roman pasta technique to Venetian seafood. The wine list covers Italian and French sparkling options, which pairs well with the seafood-leaning menu and suits a celebratory occasion without requiring a deep knowledge of the list.
On the question of whether a tasting menu is worth it here: at the €€ price tier, the value case is strong. You are getting Michelin Plate-recognised cooking at a price point that sits well below the three-star and high-end creative restaurants in Italy. For the category , accessible, regionally rooted, technically considered , the spend-to-quality ratio is favourable. This is not a destination meal in the way that Osteria Francescana in Modena or Le Calandre in Rubano are, but it is a genuinely good meal that earns its recognition.
Reservations: Booking is rated Easy , walk-ins may be possible, but given the 4.7 rating across over 800 reviews, calling ahead is advisable, particularly on weekends or for groups of more than two. Address: Via Provinciale Nord, 30, 30030 Fossò VE, Italy. Budget: €€ , expect a mid-range spend; appropriate for a date night or celebratory dinner without a significant outlay. Dress: No formal dress code is confirmed in available data; smart-casual is a reasonable baseline for a Michelin Plate venue at this price tier. Groups: The bàcaro-style format and shared-plate opening make this a practical choice for small groups, though capacity data is not available , contact the venue directly to confirm private or large-group arrangements.
Venetian cuisine as a category has strong representation in the region, from high-end creative cooking to traditional osterie. Bàcaro Il Gusto occupies a specific niche: Michelin-recognised, regionally anchored, and priced for accessibility. If you are eating your way through the Veneto and want a Venetian-format meal that goes beyond a standard cicchetti bar without committing to a €€€€ tasting menu, this is the most practical option in its tier around Fossò. For broader Venetian dining context, Casa Perbellini 12 Apostoli in Verona and La Caravella on the Amalfi Coast offer different price-tier comparisons within Italian regional cooking. For Venetian-inspired cooking further afield, March in Houston is a reference point for how the tradition travels internationally.
For planning the rest of your time in the area, see our full Fossò restaurants guide, our full Fossò hotels guide, our full Fossò bars guide, our full Fossò wineries guide, and our full Fossò experiences guide.
| Venue | Price | Value |
|---|---|---|
| Bàcaro Il Gusto | €€ | — |
| Atelier Moessmer Norbert Niederkofler | €€€€ | — |
| Dal Pescatore | €€€€ | — |
| Osteria Francescana | €€€€ | — |
| Quattro Passi | €€€€ | — |
| Reale | €€€€ | — |
Comparing your options in Fossò for this tier.
There are no direct like-for-like bàcaro competitors in Fossò itself at this price point with equivalent recognition. For higher-end Venetian-adjacent cooking in the broader region, Quattro Passi and Dal Pescatore operate in a different league entirely — fine dining with corresponding prices. If you want the bàcaro format closer to Venice, the city itself has options, but few at €€ with a Michelin Plate (2025) to their name.
The bàcaro format — shared plates, informal counter-style service — suits groups of four to six comfortably, since the cicchetti arrive on one large shared plate by design. For larger parties, calling ahead is advisable given the venue's 4.7 rating across 800-plus reviews, which suggests consistent demand. There is no documented private dining room in the available venue data, so large groups should confirm capacity directly.
Yes — the bàcaro format is one of the better solo dining structures in Italian cuisine. You eat at or near the counter, the cicchetti plate is sized for one or two, and there is no pressure to fill a table. At €€ pricing with a Michelin Plate (2025), this is a low-commitment, high-return stop for a solo traveller in the Veneto.
The kitchen's strength is the cicchetti served on a single large plate — that is the format Boldrin has built his reputation around, and it is the clearest reason to visit. The à la carte menu, including dishes such as tagliolini cacio, pepe and scampi, is also documented as a serious offering. At €€ pricing with a Michelin Plate for two consecutive years (2024 and 2025), the value case is strong whichever format you choose.
Start with the cicchetti on the shared plate — it is the centrepiece of Boldrin's reinterpretation of the Venetian bàcaro tradition and the dish that earned the venue its Michelin Plate recognition. From the à la carte menu, tagliolini cacio, pepe and scampi is explicitly documented as a signature. The wine list covers Italian and French sparkling wines, making it a reasonable pairing stop alongside the food.
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