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HISTORIC CAFES
In prime tourist zones, the price of coffee at a table seems more like rent, so take your coffee standing
or splash out for architecturally splendid cafes in the Museo Correr, Palazzo Querini Stampalia or
Piazza San Marco.
Historic baroque cafes around Piazza San Marco, such as
Caffé Florian
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( 041 520 56 41;
www.caffeflorian.com
;
Piazza San Marco 56/59; drinks €6.50-16;
041 522 21 05;
www.alajmo.it
; Piazza San Marco 120; drinks €6-25; 9am-11.30pm; San
Marco) , serve coffee and hot chocolate with live orchestras - though your heart might beat a different
rhythm once you get the bill, with orchestra surcharge. Hint:
Caffe Lavena
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( 041 522 40 70;
www.lavena.it
;
Piazza San Marco 133/4; drinks €1-12;
9.30am-11pm; San Marco) offers a €1 espresso at the counter. But this is Venice, and decadence is
always in order - might as well order
caffe correto
(espresso 'corrected' with liquor), and tango with a
stranger.
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Piazza San Marco
& Around
I Rusteghi
WINE BAR
( 041 523 22 05;
www.osteriairusteghi.com
; Corte del Tentor 5513; mini-panini €2-5; 10.30am-3pm
& 6-11.30pm Mon-Sat; Rialto)
Honouring centuries of Venetian
enoteca
(wine bar) tradi-
tion, fourth-generation sommelier Giovanni d'Este will open any bottle on his shelves to
pour you an
ombra
(half-glass of wine) - including collector's wines such as Cannubi
Barolo. Request '
qualcosa di particolare' (
something exceptional) and Giovanni will re-
ward you with a sensual Ribolla Gialla to pair with truffle-cheese mini-panini and platters
of Spanish and Veneto ham.
Harry's Bar
( 041 528 57 77; Calle Vallaresso 1323; cocktails €12-22; 10.30am-11pm; San Marco)
Aspir-
ing auteurs hold court at bistro tables well scuffed by Ernest Hemingway, Charlie Chaplin,
Truman Capote and Orson Welles, enjoying the signature €16.50 bellini (Giuseppe Cipri-
BAR
