Al Timon 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 · 2h 30m
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 · 2h 30m
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...
Address: Fondamenta degli Ormesini 2754, Cannaregio, 30121 Venezia VE, Venice
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.
Adriatico Mar on the canal at Calle Crosera is the architect-run contemporary bacaro where San Polo meets Dorsoduro, with a wooden dock for waterside.
TryCicchetti and natural wine on the canal dock
TipOrder the egg cicchetti and a small-producer natural wine Cash typically expected.
Cantina Do Mori in Venice's San Polo is the city's oldest bacaro, open since 1462 near Rialto, with a counter of francobolli sandwiches and ombre poured.
TryCicchetti and ombre at the counter
TipWalk-in only. Order ombre (small glass of wine) plus a francobolli sandwich. Counter pours stop hard at 19:30; arrive by 18:30 for the best cicchetti choice.
