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Venice eats standing up, glass in hand, elbow on the bar. Cicchetti at noon, spritz at six, and seafood that arrived by boat this morning.

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Rialto Market VeniceWillian Justen de Vasconcellos / Unsplash
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Rialto Market Venice

Rialto fish market opens Tuesday to Saturday, stalls from about 6.30am and packing up near noon; the produce pitches trade until roughly 1pm.

Venice AperitivoEirc Shi / Unsplash
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Venice Aperitivo

Birthplace of the spritz, Venice's aperitivo hour fills campo terraces and canalside bars at sunset.

Venice Bacari: What a Bacaro Is and How to Order at the CounterAustin / Unsplash
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Venice Bacari: What a Bacaro Is and How to Order at the Counter

A bacaro is a Venetian wine bar: order an ombra at the counter, eat cicchetti standing. Counter and table prices must be posted before you order.

Venice BaicoliSoroush Karimi / Unsplash
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Venice Baicoli

Twice-baked biscuits that once provisioned Venice's merchant fleet, still sold in Colussi tins for 3-6 EUR.

Blue Crab in the Venice LagoonYiheng Du / Unsplash
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Blue Crab in the Venice Lagoon

The blue crab reached the northern Adriatic in 1949 and boomed in 2023. A Chioggia study put the average female at over 2 million eggs per brood.

Venice Cicchetti: What They Are, What to Order and What They CostAnna Kumpan / Unsplash
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Venice Cicchetti: What They Are, What to Order and What They Cost

Cicchetti are small plates eaten standing at a bacaro, a Venetian wine bar, with a glass of wine called an ombra. Low-cost bacari price them from 2.50 EUR.

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Venice Coffee Culture

From historic Caffe Florian to neighborhood bars, Venice's coffee tradition runs deep.

Fegato alla VenezianaGennady Zakharin / Unsplash
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Fegato alla Veneziana

Calf liver and onions with roots in ancient Rome's fig-fed liver, now 16-24 EUR at Venetian trattorias.

Venice Food MarketsMoriah Manford / Unsplash
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Venice Food Markets

From the ancient Rialto Pescheria to floating produce boats, Venice's markets showcase lagoon and Adriatic ingredients.

Venice Prosecco GuideJoshua Stannard / Unsplash
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Venice Prosecco Guide

From 1.50 EUR bacaro sfuso to 40 EUR Cartizze bottles: a guide to Prosecco DOC, DOCG, and the Venetian ombra tradition.

Where to Eat in VeniceHershy Kulkarni / Unsplash
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Where to Eat in Venice

Venice restaurants must display the price list by law, and photo menus are banned across the UNESCO site. The coperto, the servizio and your checks.

Venice Seafood: What to Eat, When and What It CostsChristopher Yiu Chung / Unsplash
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Venice Seafood: What to Eat, When and What It Costs

Venice seafood by season and by price: moeche only in the March to May and October to December moults, 40 to 50 EUR a kilo wholesale, and what a meal costs.

Venice SpritzLudovico Lovisetto / Unsplash
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Venice Spritz

Venice aperitivo explained: white wine or prosecco, a red bitter and soda. Select was trademarked in the city on 29 May 1920, Aperol in 1919.