Venice — Places to eat
Boats for cars, bridges for streets.
- Bar All'Arco — Rialto bacaro piling up market-fresh cicchetti from morning
- Cantina Do Mori — Copper-pot bacaro said to date from 1462
- Cantine del Vino già Schiavi — Stand-up bacaro on a canal facing the gondola yard
- Ca' d'Oro alla Vedova — Osteria famous for meatballs and a standing glass of wine
- Cantina Do Spade — Rialto old-timer claiming 1448; strong on fried fish
- Trattoria alla Madonna — Rialto seafood trattoria serving squid-ink pasta since 1954
- Trattoria Antiche Carampane — Hard-to-find trattoria cooking the Rialto catch daily
- Trattoria da Romano (Burano) — Burano lunch under art-covered walls since 1920
- Dal Moro's Fresh Pasta To Go — Fresh pasta served to go in a paper cup
- Bar alla Toletta — Overstuffed Venetian tramezzini, eaten standing
- Osteria Al Squero — €3.50 spritz facing the gondola yard
- Caffè Florian — 1720 café on St Mark's: hot chocolate to a live band
- Suso Gelatoteca — Rialto's queue-worthy gelato with pastry-chef flavours
- Pasticceria Tonolo — Neighbourhood pastry shop since 1886; fritole at Carnival
- Gelateria Nico — 1937 gelateria on the Zattere; gianduia drowned in cream
- Corte Sconta — Venetian seafood in a hidden courtyard garden
- Osteria Alle Testiere — Tiny seafood room serving the day's catch
- Al Covo — Seafood built on lagoon-season produce
- Al Gatto Nero da Ruggero — Family-run seafood trattoria on Burano
- Trattoria Da Fiore — Quiet-lane trattoria that bets on fish
- Glam Enrico Bartolini — Two-star tasting menus inside a Grand Canal palace
- Quadri — One-star dining above St Mark's Square
- Pizzeria Ae Oche — Casual pizzeria with close to a hundred pies
- Gam Gam Kosher Restaurant — Israeli kosher plates beside the Ghetto canal
- Torrefazione Cannaregio — Neighbourhood roastery pulling its own beans by the canal
- Caffè del Doge — Rialto-side specialty bar where you pick the beans
- Pasticceria Marchini Time — Mini pastries worth queuing for on Campo San Luca
- Caffè Lavena — Historic square café, calmer than Florian
- Harry's Bar — The classic bar that invented the Bellini