For starters: 5 food & wine terms you should know in Venice

1) Bacaro

The bacaro is the typical Venetian tavern, where, in addition to some excellent lagoon cuisine, you can also score some ombre and cicchetti – glasses of wine and small snacks to accompany them. Venetians love ‘to go for bacari’ or hop from one tavern to another to enjoy a good glass of house wine together.

typical Venetian snacks displayed in a Bacaro

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