Cocktail bars, wine bars, dive bars and gastropubs: drinking in Parma for grown-ups.

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Where to drink

8 places

Bastian Contrario Public House

Order Miss Matilda first, then whatever rotates on the hand pumps.

Bastian Contrario Public House taps its own Parma-brewed beers on Strada Inzani: eleven lines plus two pumps, from Miss Matilda to the rotating one-offs.

Vecchie Maniere

Order Whatever Italian craft beer leads the chalkboard that night.

Vecchie Maniere fills a Bernabei courtyard in Parma's Oltretorrente with craft taps and live-music nights, the neighbourhood pub the district deserves.

Highlander Pub

Order A cask ale with the house burger, late.

Highlander Pub is the Oltretorrente's veteran ale room on Via La Spezia, with Friday evening beer tastings and burgers served past midnight.

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Vanissa C'est la Vie

Order Tell the bartender three flavours you like and take what comes.

Vanissa C'est la Vie mixes speakeasy-style cocktails behind an easy-to-miss door on Strada Nuova in Parma, all velvet corners and bespoke drink briefs.

Barino

Order An evening spritz with a pizza to share on the square.

Barino works Piazza XXV Aprile in Parma from breakfast espresso to two-in-the-morning spritz, with pizza and a long wine shelf holding the middle.

BANG Club

Order Dinner early, then hold a cocktail through the first DJ set.

BANG Club stacks Parma's late weekend into one address on Via Ugolotti: dinner and pizza early, cocktails after, DJ sets running to three in the morning.

Arte e Gusto

Order The aperitivo round with a full pass of the buffet.

Arte e Gusto runs one of Parma's fuller aperitivo buffets on Via Emilia Est, a refined bar-restaurant hybrid priced around twelve euro a round.

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