La Cantina 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: Strada Nuova 3689, Cannaregio, 30121 Venezia VE, Venice
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.
Osteria All'Arco near Rialto Pescheria in Venice's San Polo is the Francesco and Matteo Pinto father-and-son bacaro, the local benchmark for cicchetti.
TryCicchetti, polpette and sarde in saor
TipWalk-in only. Closes after lunch; arrive 11:30-13:00 for the fish-market cicchetti at their best. Sarde in saor and baccala mantecato are obligatory.
