The Soda Jerk is a bar in Verona.
The Soda Jerk in Veronetta runs a vintage-inspired cocktail program with classic builds and house-made syrups. A 2026 TableJourney editor pick.
Food program: Snacks only
Tip: Arrive by 22:00; the room seats 22 and turns once. Order an Old Fashioned or the bartender's negroni variation.
Address: Via XX Settembre 35, 37129 Verona
Altro? in Verona is the unmarked speakeasy off Via San Mamaso, dim lighting and plush seating with a cocktail programme of original house builds.
Signature drink: Bartender's-choice signature builds
Food: Bar snacks
Tip: The unmarked door is at the alley end; ring the bell and wait. Cocktails €12 to 16; cash and card both work.
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.
Signature drink: Spritz Filippini
Food: Cicchetti boards
Tip: Spritz Filippini at the counter €4, on the terrace €8; cicchetti board is the snack to pair.
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.
