Nightlife in San Polo, Rialto, Venice

Bacaro All'Arco ★ 4.8

12 by the glassSan Polo, Rialto, Venice

The most celebrated cicchetti bacaro at Rialto market in Venice, open since the 1950s. Tiny standing room only; quick wine pours with exceptional cicchetti bites from the owners Francesco and Matteo Pinto.

The list: Short but precise by-the-glass list; majority Veneto and Friulian whites and reds; the focus is on the cicchetti snack pairing

Tip: All'Arco closes early by nightlife standards but is the essential bacaro experience; the Soave and Valpolicella pours pair perfectly with the daily-changing cicchetti.

Calle dell'Ochialer 436, 30125 San Polo, Venezia, Italy

Cantina Do Spade ★ 4.5

10 by the glassSan Polo, Rialto, Venice

A Rialto bacaro claiming roots to 1415, offering cicchetti and ombra wine pours in a narrow wood-panelled room beside the Rialto market. Venetian house wines and a simple bottled selection; the authentic Venice bacaro experience.

The list: Classic Venetian bacaro with house carafe wines and bottled Veneto selections; vinyl playing softly in the back; Soave and Valpolicella by the ombra glass

Tip: One of the oldest continuously operating bacari in Venice (1415 per establishment lore); the intimate wood-panelled interior with classic Venetian music is the listening-bar atmosphere in its original form.

Calle Do Spade 860, 30125 San Polo, Venezia, Italy

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