6 late-night dives in Venice, editor-picked by TableJourney. All Venice nightlife.
Al Timon ★ 4.4
Cannaregio · Fondamenta degli Ormesini 2754, 30121 Venezia
Al Timon anchors the Cannaregio aperitivo strip on Fondamenta degli Ormesini, with a tight inside counter, sidewalk tables on the fondamenta and two wooden boats tied to the canal that the bar invites guests to sit on through the warm months.
Tip: The boats are the seat to get on a summer night; they fill by 19:30. Natural wine list by the glass, cicchetti at the counter, no reservation.
Vino Vero ★ 4.5
Cannaregio · Fondamenta della Misericordia 2497, 30121 Venezia
Vino Vero opened on Fondamenta della Misericordia in Cannaregio in 2014 with one of the deepest natural wine lists in Italy, a tight cicchetti bar and a canal side crowd that holds the fondamenta past midnight through the warm months.
Tip: Ask for a Friulano or Soave off the natural list; the by the glass rotation is the deal. The fondamenta outside is the room past 22:00 in summer.
Cantinone già Schiavi ★ 4.5
Dorsoduro · Fondamenta Nani 992, 30123 Venezia
Cantinone già Schiavi, the Bottegon to locals, has been a Schiavi family enoteca on Fondamenta Nani opposite the Squero di San Trovaso since the nineteenth century, with five hundred labels behind the bar and a cicchetti counter that the gallery district fills at lunch.
Tip: Stand at the bar or take the canal edge; there are no tables. Closes at 20:30 sharp so this is an early late night rather than a true after dark stop.
Pier Dickens ★ 3.9
Dorsoduro · Campo Santa Margherita 3408, 30123 Venezia
Pier Dickens has run an English style pub on Campo Santa Margherita since 2001, with the Ca' Foscari student square at the door, a long beer list, artisanal pizzas and a sidewalk crowd that holds the campo through the late hours.
Tip: Campo Santa Margherita is the student bar square; Pier Dickens runs latest of the campo lineup. Pizza by the slice keeps the crowd until close. Cash speeds the bar.
Caffè Rosso ★ 4.0
Dorsoduro · Dorsoduro 2963, Campo Santa Margherita, 30123 Venezia
Caffè Rosso has run on Campo Santa Margherita since the late 1800s, the bright red awning a landmark of the student square, with an old percolator still in service, a sidewalk terrace and a spritz crowd that holds the campo from aperitivo through close.
Tip: Stand at the inside bar for a three euro spritz; outside seating carries a markup for the square view. Cash and small bills speed the cycle.
Imagina Caffè ★ 3.9
Dorsoduro · Dorsoduro 3126, Ponte dei Pugni, 30123 Venezia
Imagina Caffè runs out of a former Ponte dei Pugni art gallery a step off Campo Santa Margherita, with rotating exhibitions on the walls, a long aperitivo list and a Friday and Saturday close at 01:00 that pulls the student campo crowd next door.
Tip: The Friday and Saturday late close is the catch; midweek the cafe shuts at 21:00 with the rest of the square. Spritz and tramezzini run cheap.