"Early August 2022, we chose to return to Venice Restaurant for their speed of service, lack of required reservations and convenient location to the Playhouse. Our two main dishes, a repeat of my lobster ravioli but now a special with some grilledshrimp on top was tasty; the chicken roulade stuffed with mushrooms that came with a side of pasta with red sauce was also good.Both salads, one Caesar and one house were fresh and crispy. Revisiting the Ridgefield Playhouse for another event, I lookedat some menus online of places we 've been, one that offered a glass of wine to those attending the show, and a couple of others.We chose Venice Restaurant Pizza for its Dinner For 2 Special $43.95 which includes a bottle of wine and a choice of twoentrées. (Wine upgrade to a Chianti or different Cabernet for $9.95. We chose the Montepulciano d ' Abruzzo which had a DOCdesignation. It worked. Entrées come with either a cup of Pasta Fagioli soup, Caesar salad, or for a dollar upgrade, the HouseItalian Salad with Gorgonzola. Anchovies can be added to either for another dollar. My partner had the soup which he enjoyed. Ichose the House Italian Salad, which was large enough for me to give him some after a few bites, but we wondered where thegorgonzola was seeing only shredded mozzarella. They have a long list of dinner choices from chicken to fish, and beef to vealin addition to classic pasta dishes. The waiter told us the shrimp scampi and the lobster ravioli were popular, but advised thescampi dish was larger than the five piece ravioli. I chose the ravioli with vodka sauce since I wasn 't that hungry and didn 'twant a leftover bag. The taste of lobster was present in every bite. Very good. The other dinner ordered was pork choppizzaiola. Pan-fried and cooked with garlic, kalamata olives, onions, white wine and some marinara sauce, it 's a large serving.My partner loved it and ate both chops down to the bone. Business was flowing, from dining room patrons to"
