Caffe Filippini is a bar in Verona.
Caffe Filippini in Verona invented the Spritz Filippini and runs the Piazza delle Erbe terrace. Editor pick on TableJourney with address and what to order.
Food program: Cicchetti boards
Tip: Spritz Filippini at the counter €4, on the terrace €8; cicchetti board is the snack to pair.
Address: Piazza delle Erbe 26, 37121 Verona
Il Bivacco in Veronetta runs the Via XX Settembre aperitivo crawl with a long bar, terrace seats and a small kitchen for cured-meat boards every evening.
Signature drink: Hugo spritz with elderflower
Food: Cured-meat boards and small plates
Tip: Aperitivo from 18:00-20:30; spritz plus snacks runs €10. Terrace seats fill from 18:30 in summer.
Wine Not? in Verona runs a tight 80-label natural-wine list on Vicolo Ghiaia, the side-alley bar pouring small Italian producers with daily cicchetti.
Signature drink: Natural wine by the glass
Food: Cicchetti and small plates
Tip: Ask for the off-list flight of three pours (€18); the room only seats 18 so 19:30 books fill from 19:00.
Osteria del Bugiardo in Verona doubles as a wine-and-cicchetti bar on Corso Porta Borsari, the Buglioni winery's tavern pouring Valpolicella and Amarone.
Signature drink: Buglioni Ripasso by the glass
Food: Cicchetti, salumi, lasagna
Tip: Standing counter for the ombra circuit; book the back tables for full dinner with cicchetti boards.
Ramo Vivaldi in Verona's Borgo Venezia runs an aperitivo and cocktail terrace away from the historic-centre crush. A 2026 TableJourney editor pick.
Signature drink: Negroni sbagliato
Food: Aperitivo plates
Tip: Borgo Venezia trams 15 minutes from Piazza Bra; the negroni sbagliato at €8 is the move.
Caffe Borsari has run a tiny standing-counter espresso bar in Verona since 1969. TableJourney editor pick with address and booking notes inside the entry.
Signature drink: Spritz Aperol on Corso Porta Borsari
Food: Tramezzini and crostini
Tip: Stand at the counter for €4 spritz; the brioche and tramezzini are sold individually until they run out.
Antica Bottega del Vino has run Verona's reference wine-only standing counter since 1890, with 4,500 labels on the back bar. A 2026 editor pick.
Signature drink: Ombra of Amarone Classico
Food: Cicchetti, salumi, full menu
Tip: Stand at the marble bar for the €3 to 8 ombra circuit; sit for the full dinner kitchen with Veronese plates.
