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5
Piazza San Marco
& Around
Bacaro Da Fiore
CICHETI BAR, VENETIAN
€
( 041 523 53 10;
www.dafiore.it
; Calle delle Botteghe 3461; meals €10-15; 5.30-9pm Wed-Mon;
San Samuele)
Attached to a posh trattoria, this
cicheti
(Venetian tapas) counter wins Venetian
loyalty with small plates of
baccala mantecato
(creamed cod), octopus-fennel salad,
aran-
cini
(risotto balls), and Venetian
trippa
(tripe) to enjoy on a stool at the bar or in the
calle
.
Even with gorgeous Denominazione di Origine Controllata (DOC; a type of trademark for
a product from a specific region) Soave by the glass, meals cost a fraction of what you'd
pay for table seating.
Enoteca al Volto
VENETIAN, CICHETI BAR
€
( 041 522 89 45; Calle Cavalli 4081; cicheti €2-4, meals under €25; 10am-3pm & 5.30-10pm Mon-
Sat; Rialto)
Join the bar crowd working its way through the vast selection of wine and
cicheti,
or come early for a table outdoors (in summer). Inside the snug backroom that
looks like a ship's hold, tuck into seaworthy bowls of pasta with
bottarga
(dried fish roe),
steak drizzled with aged balsamic vinegar, and housemade ravioli. Cash only.
Osteria da Carla
( 041 523 78 55; Frezzaria 1535; meals €20-25; 10am-9pm Mon-Sat; Vallaresso)
Diners in the
know duck into this hidden courtyard to feast on handmade ravioli with poppyseed, pear
and sheep's cheese for the price of hot chocolate in Piazza San Marco. Expect a wait at
lunch and happy hour, when
gondolieri
abandon ship for DOC Soave and
sopressa crostini
(soft salami on toast).
OSTERIA, CICHETI BAR
€
A Beccafico
ITALIAN
€€
