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( 041 71 09 25; Calle dei Preti 3805; 7am-2am Mon-Fri, 5pm-2am Sat, 9am-2am Sun; San Tomà)
Shocking but true: sometimes even Venetians need a break from the usual
spritz
, and
crave a fortifying Guinness or minty mojito instead. Café Noir obliges at strictly fair
prices - no drink costs over €6, service included, even when there's live music. This cosy
wood-beamed, exposed-brick bar entices afternoon coffee drinkers to stick around for flat-
breads, drinks and conversation until late.
IMAGINA CAFÉ
MAP
BAR
GOOGLE MAP
( 041 241 06 25;
www.imaginacafe.it
; Rio Terà Canal 3126; 8am-2am Mon-Sat; ; Ca' Rezzonico)
Emerging artists on the walls, comfortable seating and a wall of beverage options behind
the backlit bar attract a steady creative, chatty and gay-friendly crowd that should prob-
ably start paying rent. Piazza tables are usually nabbed by regulars and their little dogs,
who bask in the sun and the admiration of passers-by.
CANTINA DI MILLEVINI
MAP
WINE BAR
GOOGLE MAP
(Millevini in Campo; 041 522 34 36;
www.millevini.it
; Campo Santa Margherita 3026; 3pm-midnight Mon-
Sat; Ca' Rezzonico)
This respected Venetian wine merchant broadens happy-hour options
on Campo Santa Margherita with bottle-lined brick walls, a select menu of DOC, biody-
namic and organic Veneto vintages by the glass, and the occasional tasting class (see web-
site). Grab a table indoors on on the piazza for soothing soups, salads and fish carpaccio
of the day (€6.50 to €10).
CAFFÈ BAR AI ARTISTI
( 393 968 01 35; Campo San Barnaba 2771; 7am-midnight Mon-Sat, from 9am Sun; Ca' Rezzonico)
The
cast of characters who sweep into this tiny cafe throughout the day seem borrowed from
Pietro Longhi's paintings at neighboring Ca' Rezzonico. Cheerful bartenders aren't the
least fazed by dashing caped strangers swilling double espresso, spaniels tucked underarm
jealously eying the pastries, and Ca' Macana shoppers requesting straws to sip DOC
pro-
secco
through long-beaked plague-doctor masks.
CAFE, BAR
AI DO DRAGHI
( 041 528 97 31; Calle della Chiesa 3665; 7.30am-10pm Fri-Wed; Ca' Rezzonico)
'
Permesso!'
(Pardon!) is the chorus inside this historic
bacaro
(bar), where the crowd spills onto the
sidewalk and tries not to spill drinks in the process. Approach the tiny wooden bar to
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