Al Merca is a street-food stop in Venice.
Editorially verified May 20, 2026 by Elliot Marsh, TableJourney editor. Source.
Private tour · 1.5 hours
Taste your way through Venice as you explore the Rialto area with a local guide, sampling cicchetti, sweets, and soaking in the city's vibrant charm.
Guided tour · 2.5 hours
Enjoy a street food tasting tour in the center of Venice. Follow your guide, learn about the recipes and the culinary traditions of the city, and discover notable city...
Guided tour · 2.5 hours
Experience the flavors of Venice on a guided walking tour. Visit the Rialto Market, try tapas, such as "cicchetti," and admire historical highlights along the way, inc...
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Osteria al Squero in Venice's Dorsoduro is the canal-side bacaro across from the Squero di San Trovaso gondola yard, where you stand outside with spritz.
TryCicchetti by the canal
TipSit on the canal-side bench across the rio from the gondola workshop. Spritz €3.50, cicchetti €2.50. No tables, no bookings.
Al Timon in Venice's Cannaregio on Fondamenta degli Ormesini is the canal-side bacaro with a wooden barge for outdoor seating, the locals' canonical.
TryCicchetti, grilled meat skewers
TipThe moored barge in the canal is the seat to claim. Grilled meat skewers and the bar's cured-meat boards run later than the cicchetti window at most bacari.
La Cantina on Strada Nuova in Venice's Cannaregio is Francesco Zorzetto's small bar with thirty wines by the glass and freshly shucked oysters.
TryFresh oysters, cicchetti, ombre
TipStand at the counter; Francesco builds your cicchetti to order. The oyster boards and the smoked-fish crostini are the moves.
Enoteca Mascareta in Venice's Castello is the late-running enoteca run by Mauro Lorenzon, an organic and northeast Italian wine list with cicchetti and cold.
TryWine flights and cicchetti, late hours
TipWalk-in. The bar opens at 19:00 and runs to 2am, one of the few late-night wine rooms in Venice. Daily-changing chalkboard list.
Osteria Bancogiro in San Polo runs a stand-up bacaro on the Grand Canal at the foot of Rialto, the rare canal-front cicchetti counter without tourist menus.
TryCrostini and ombre on the Grand Canal
TipStand outside on the Grand Canal with a glass of Soave and the crostini board. Upstairs needs a booking, the bacaro takes walk-ins.
Dal Moro's Fresh Pasta To Go near Campo Santa Maria Formosa is the takeaway pasta counter where you pick fresh pasta and a sauce, served hot in a box for €7.
TryTakeaway fresh pasta in a box
TipLines run round the corner from 12:00; arrive at 11:00 or after 14:30. Spaghetti carbonara and squid ink with vongole are the moves.
