Gulf Coast Food

Coastal Bend Food Guide : The Venetian Hot Plate is a cozy, fine dining Italian restaurant where you can expect delicious authentic Italian cuisine, served hot, with a side of love.

If you’ve been there before, the owner, Linda Halioua, likely remembers your name and your favorite wine. If you’re a new face in the restaurant, you won’t be for long. Linda will be sure to come to your table to chat and soon you’ll be feeling like a regular.

At the Venetian Hot Plate, the staff is family, and you are a guest in their home. And in this home, guests eat like kings.

The Venetian Hot Plate’s most popular dishes include the Filet Mignon Medallions (medallions are covered in a gorgonzola cream sauce with roasted potatoes and garlic spinach), the Mistro Mare appetizer (seafood assortment of mussels, clams, shrimp and scallops poached in a white wine broth with fresh garlic, parsley and red pepper flakes served on a sizzling skillet), and the daily fish specials.