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 
