An angel must sit on Sal Sinsieri's shoulder, letting him get this beautiful restaurant site, and the permitting done on schedule. MiraMare, Italian for “looking at the water”, has just opened at the site of former Marie-Michelle’s at Naples’ Venetian Village, on Venetian Bay. The view is breathtakingly beautiful by day, magical and romantic by night. 
Enter via MiraMare's colorful arch, and relax 
and smile during your meal, savoring the waterside setting. Have a drink 
at the open windowed bar. Don’t let your jaw drop at the expansive Venetian Bay view. Have a seat by the water (first come, first served.) 
As I write this, snow and blizzards have shut off power to almost a million folks “up North”. Pelicans and small white boats are happily bobbing on Venetian Bay.
Owners Sal Sinzieri, former managing partner at Naples 5th Ave Bice, and wife Alyce, have created an elegantly Northern Italy style restaurant, complete with very friendly and helpful Italian and European wait staff,
Italian chefs, cooks, and even an Italian wood burning pizza oven. 
Enter via MiraMare's colorful arch, and relax and smile during your meal, savoring the waterside setting. Have a drink at the open windowed bar. Don’t let your jaw drop at the expansive Venetian Bay view. Have a seat by the water (first come, first served.) As I write this, snow and blizzards have shut off power to almost a million folks “up North”. Pelicans and small white boats are happily bobbing on Venetian Bay.Owners Sal Sinzieri, former managing partner at Naples 5th Ave Bice, and wife Alyce, have created an elegantly Northern Italy style restaurant, complete with very friendly and helpful Italian and European wait staff,
Italian chefs, cooks, and even an Italian wood burning pizza oven. Marie-Michelle wearied of running her eponymous restaurant for years, and closed. Sal and Alyce are gung-ho enthusiastic. Their attention to detail shows, from the menus to the fresh attractively plated food.
The key to any restaurant is the chef, and Chef Giovanni Scamardella, who hails from Naples, Italy, is no stranger to Naples, Florida. He opened Vergina on 5th Ave South, Naples Tomato, and opened Bice on 5th Ave South, where he met Sal. His welcome cooking style is elegantly simple, cooking primarily fresh seafood to order, with a northern Italian/Mediterranean style. He also braises a mean osso buco special.
Local competition? Nah! Cloyds seems like a 1973 time capsule; Bayside; and M Waterfront Grille. None share the northern Italian niche.
The dinner appetizers include Crispy fried calamari and vegetables, served with a spicy tomato marinara sauce ($12).
The key to any restaurant is the chef, and Chef Giovanni Scamardella, who hails from Naples, Italy, is no stranger to Naples, Florida. He opened Vergina on 5th Ave South, Naples Tomato, and opened Bice on 5th Ave South, where he met Sal. His welcome cooking style is elegantly simple, cooking primarily fresh seafood to order, with a northern Italian/Mediterranean style. He also braises a mean osso buco special.
Local competition? Nah! Cloyds seems like a 1973 time capsule; Bayside; and M Waterfront Grille. None share the northern Italian niche.
The dinner appetizers include Crispy fried calamari and vegetables, served with a spicy tomato marinara sauce ($12).
The, Tuna tartar (16) is delicious, with greens, red onions and capers. 
There’s four salads, from a mixed salad for $7, to a baby spinach salad with green apple, almonds and goat cheese for $10. If they offer the special rich Butternut squash soup with crispy bacon and Ricotta cheese- it’s a must have! 
The lunch time Octopus salad (12), is wonderful, with tender baby 
octopus, celery, olives, tomatoes, capers potatoes and a lemon dressing.The first course menu dinner items include seven pasta dishes, ranging from plain Penne pasta with spicy tomato sauce (14), up to Spaghetti with Maine lobster (20). The special of Butternut squash ravioli in a butter and sage sauce, topped with amaretto cookie dust, is delightful.
Entrée favorites include Sauteed tender veal scaloppini (26) with lemon and capers, or the pounded Chicken breast (16) with mozzarella and tomato sauce. There’s the NY grilled steak with arugula and mashed potatoes for $30 as the priciest on the menu- not pricey in this town! Seafood lovers may try the Pan seared salmon (22), Seared ahi tuna for 26, and the Mixed seafood soup (19). As a special, Chef Scamardella cooks the Chilean sea bass on sautéed spinach, to perfection.
We enjoyed the light Tiramisu, (6) the perfect dessert to top off a 
magical evening on Venetian Bay.This is a slam dunk success for owners and patrons alike. The prices are very reasonable for the quantity and quality of the food, and the view,
especially at night, just can not be beat. The service is attentive. Corkage fee is $15 per bottle, ranging from $8 to 20 elsewhere. I enjoyed their wines. I see a long and prosperous time for MiraMare Ristorante, as Napoli, Italy visits Naples, Florida. Sal (3rd from Left) and Alyse (2nd from Right) Sinzieri
MiraMare Ristorante, 4236 Gulf Shore Blvd, Naples, Fl 430-6273
MiraMare Ristorante, 4236 Gulf Shore Blvd, Naples, Fl 430-6273 
and I shared it with other pizza lovers who said “this crust is really good-who makes it?” There's 7 basic pizzas, and over 24 topping choices. I also sampled the earthy yet light hummus, the properly made tabbouleh, and savored the large, bright green fresh, meaty Ceringola olives.
Don’t like salty olives? Well, these meaty fresh babies “have your name” on them, and just one can make you lust for more. My partner loved the Ultimate Veggie wrap sandwich, with avocado, tomato, alfalfa sprouts, Swiss
cheese and Vegenaise on green Ezekiel bread, and it's not even St. Paddy's Day. Very lush and very filling for only $5.25. There’s five spring rolls, with the signature “Krazy roll’s” surimi crab, cream cheese, to-chi sauce and teriyaki glaze. The best! We took a Hamachi and scallion sushi roll ($7.25) from the cooler, and the 
yellowtail is fresh as could be. There’s also hot sandwiches, oven roasted chicken, various past dishes and over a dozen salads. MTO has food for lactose diets, high protein diets, Celiac diets. The salads come in small, medium, and family sizes. The sandwiches are good sized. A popular sandwich features tasty red tomatoes, mozzarella cheese and homemade olive tapenade 
on a thick bread roll. Dig in. There's a big cooler with other goodies.
and as many nice white wines, in full bottle, with some half sized “splits”.
Finding these goodies is why I, like the others in the shop with me, will come back, again and again. Ruth and Shannon have healthy foods, be they familiar as mac ‘n cheese or mildly exotic as spelt crust pizza. Their creations are made with love, reasonably priced, and gourmet quality. It tastes that way, or Ruth wouldn’t let you put it on your table. Fast, friendly take-out service. Fresh, healthy food. What better nourishment than this, to enjoy in your home?
Try the Wild Mushroom confit's earthy bites of varied fresh warm ‘shrooms sautéed and served in a small metal cauldron for your delight. There may be black trumpets, chanterelles, oysters, enokis and various Asian rarities to tickle your palate.
A Southwestern type touch is the Flores de Calabaza- wild zucchini blossoms filled with Capri cheese and Jamon Serrano, then flash fried in extra virgin olive oil. Roll the crisp blossoms on your tongue, then bite into the melted goat cheese, with a touch of Hawaiian or Nepali sea salt. MMMmmmm! 
You can not go wrong with the Artichoke hearts filled with Serrano Ham and Manchego cheese, then poached in a wonderful roasted garlic fume. I could dine on two orders, and be happy!
The Seared Duck Breast, with Caramelized Figs, and Port Reduction (15) is my favorite, cooked medium rare, for its almost gamey rich taste, and accented by a crisp herb crust. The Oriol Vin del Aspres is a perfect accompaniment, much like a pinot noir, to play off the Port reduction and the sensual duck.
Shrimp in Garlic sauce, with bits of finely chopped garlic, is a delightful order of large shrimp, cooked just enough, and served tender with the garlic heat-tempered to give its richness, rather than the sharpness of raw garlic. 
The Hot Pimenton-spiced Octopus, was a little over cooked, and firmer than it should have been, however the saucing was spot on. With sixteen orders from our table, and other diners tables' orders as well, I’m amazed only one dish came out cooked perhaps a minute too long. Still, every molluscan morsel was consumed. 
What’s life without some Hudson Valley Foie Gras, coated with a caramelized diced Granny Smith apple, with hot persimmon seeds, and enveloped in a Calvados and maples syrup reduction. If this sounds a touch too sweet for you, have the sensual seared foie gras first, then the apple and reduction next. The foie gras is almost erotic in its succulence.
Gabriele, our server, is quite the cook himself, and he is knowledgeable about the finer points, and hands on alchemy, of molecular gastronomy.
Adventuresome? The most amazing looking plate of the evening was the Wild Scarlet Lobsterines and scampo a la plancha, that is grilled, crustaceans that tasted like a delicate lobstser, which were opened and prepared tableside (I interrupted the process, below, for my photo.) 
Very crisp fried noodles are delivered, along with ice water. The menu selection is large. Start with small or large soups respectively for $2.50 and 5.25. Most appetizers are under $7. We shared the beautiful, gargantuan Pu Pu platter appetizer assortment ($19 for two people); it was almost too much for two good eaters to finish! It’s piled high with 2 large egg rolls, 2 fried shrimp, Beef Teriyaki (2 skewers), chicken teriyaki (2 skewers), large juicy chicken wings, gold fried chicken fingers(4), and two large, succulent BBQ spare ribs. We heated our skewers on the
central little grill. Our favorites were the delicious juicy ribs and the beef teriyaki skewers, followed by the large crisp, yet juicy wings.
served on a sizzling hot plate, with a side of white rice. My smiling companion said, “It is just too much for one person to eat,” The seafood is cooked to perfection, tender and moist, and the
lobster sauce is delicate. Our neighbors enjoyed their Crispy Orange Beef, and a pork dish for $11, saying, “Quality just as good as we have in New York.” We filled up, and still filled a takeout Styrofoam container, We had no room for dessert! Special complete dinners are $14, with choice of one soup, one appetizer, and a main course. There are over 30 complete lunch specials from $7-9, with rice, one appetizer and a good sized main course. This is my kind of place- a neighborhood type spot (not over run by tourists), with quick attentive service and generous amounts of great simple classics. It’s familiar Chinese comfort food at great prices (for Naples). There’s wine and beer. Hungry, check out their Sunday buffet, all you can eat, for $8.95! Open 7 days a week, from 11:30 am till 10 pm.
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