Cafe Venice - Restaurant & Wine Bar

We are Venice residents and are pleased that this restaurant has new management and staff. The menu is intriguing with a varied range of contemporary options and some Asian and Mediterranean leanings. It is a storefront with an unpretentious, white-tablecloth atmosphere. There is a small bar at the rear of the main room, and music from around 8 on the weekends. The wine list is not large, but seems well selected - at least we both liked our choices. We each had tapas, and should probably wait until we've had entrees to pass final judgment, but our impression was that the execution was all right, but not quite up to the menu's promise. For example, the scallops and shrimp on two different dishes were somewhat overdone. The portions are adequate, the menu descriptions accurate, the pricing reasonable to a little ambitious, and the staff competent. This is definiitely the second best restaurant in Venice at the moment, and a nice upgrade from the typical "waterfront dining" options that attract most tourists. We'll be back.