Venice Jazz Club is a bar in Venice.
Editorially verified May 20, 2026 by Elliot Marsh, TableJourney editor. Source.
Food program: Tapas and aperitivo plates
Guided tour · 3 hours
Embark on a bacaro food tour in Venice and savor Spritz, Prosecco, cicchetti, warm dishes, and gelato while discovering local culinary traditions with a guide.
Guided tour · 2h 30m
Taste your way through Venice's bacari culture, crossing the Grand Canal like a local and discovering the neighborhoods where Venetians gather for cicchetti, wine, and...
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Experience a pasta and tiramisu-making class in a local home in Venice. Learn the secrets of the region's most famous pasta dishes and tiramisu, and enjoy the fruits o...
Address: Ponte dei Pugni, Dorsoduro 3102, 30123 Venezia VE, Venice
Harry's Bar on Calle Vallaresso has run since 1931, the Cipriani family room where the Bellini was invented, the canonical historic-bar stop near San Marco.
DrinkBellini (white peach puree + Prosecco)
FoodClassic Cipriani plates and snacks
TipGround-floor bar is the value play; the Bellini at €22 is the canonical pour. Upstairs is the dining room with separate booking.
Experimental Cocktail Club in Il Palazzo Experimental in Venice's Dorsoduro on the Zattere is the modern cocktail room with Cristina Celestino interiors.
DrinkItalian-ingredient cocktails by the resident bartender
FoodBar snacks from Adriatica next door
TipClosed Tuesdays and Wednesdays. The signature menu refresh hit June 2025; ask for the seasonal flight. The back garden bar runs in summer.
Bar Longhi inside The Gritti Palace on Campo Santa Maria del Giglio is the Murano-lamp bar with the Pietro Longhi 18th-century paintings, the canonical Grand.
DrinkBellini Longhi, Negroni at the Gritti
FoodBar snacks, the Gritti's afternoon tea
TipThe patio with the Grand Canal view runs spring through autumn. Cocktails start around €22; the Longhi Bellini variant is the move.
Al Merca on Campo Bella Vienna near Rialto is the tiny walk-up bar where locals stop for an ombra, the canonical aperitivo standing-room in San Polo.
DrinkSpritz al Select, ombra
FoodMini crostini and panini
TipNo interior space; the crowd stands on the campo. Closes hard at 20:00. Spritz €3.50, ombra €1.50.
Devil's Forest Pub on Calle Stagneri near Rialto is one of the rare Irish-style late-night rooms in San Marco, open to 01:00 with live sports and pub plates.
DrinkGuinness, Irish whisky, pub burgers
FoodPub burgers, nachos, late-night plates
TipOne of the city's late closes (01:00 weeknights, later weekends). Walk-in. Useful when the bacari have all shut.
Il Mercante in Venice's San Polo near the Frari basilica is the speakeasy-style cocktail bar with seasonal themed menus, the city's modern cocktail benchmark.
DrinkThemed seasonal cocktails (Sea, Tea, Story, Land)
FoodSmall plates from Caffe dei Frari
TipBookings via Resy. The seasonal menu refreshes four times a year; the spice-trade-themed pours are the move.
