🍽️ Where to Eat in Venice

Markets, street food and local institutions — with a map link for each.

Our pick of 4 places to eat and drink in Venice — from buzzing food markets to long-standing local favourites.

Mercato di Rialto

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Food marketVenetian / Market📍 Rialto

Venice's historic market by the Grand Canal — a fish market and produce stalls best seen early.

🍴 Try: Fish market & produce

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BacaroCicchetti📍 Dorsoduro

A canal-side wine bar famous for its inventive cicchetti (Venetian tapas).

🍴 Try: Cicchetti & ombra of wine

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BacaroCicchetti📍 San Polo

A tiny, much-loved bacaro near the Rialto market serving top-notch cicchetti.

🍴 Try: Cicchetti near Rialto

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CaféCafé📍 St Mark's Square

Reputedly the world's oldest café (1720), with orchestras on Piazza San Marco.

🍴 Try: Coffee in a 1720 salon

Places and opening hours change — always double-check on the map before you go.