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Best Cheap Eats in Venice for Cicchetti, Tramezzini and Pizza
Guide: Cicchetti, Tramezzini & Cheap Eats
Affordable Venice is eaten standing: cicchetti at a bacaro, tramezzini near the university, pastry before the crowds and fresh pasta or pizza when a full trattoria meal is unnecessary. These ten counters keep their real service windows visible.
- Bacareto da LeleDa Lele is a tiny standing counter near Piazzale Roma for inexpensive panini, small glasses of wine and fast local rhythm. Weekdays run from breakfast into early evening, Saturday ends after lunch, and Sunday is fully closed; there is virtually no indoor lingering space.
- All'ArcoAll'Arco layers carefully dressed cicchetti onto bread behind Rialto, with seafood, cured meat and seasonal vegetables moving quickly through the glass case. The standard schedule is breakfast through mid-afternoon Monday to Saturday; selected April-to-November evenings extend Wednesday through Friday to 8 PM.
- Cantina Do MoriOne of Rialto's oldest bacari, Do Mori is strongest as a daylight stop for ombre, tramezzini and cicchetti beneath copper pots. Current platform evidence keeps Monday through Friday open into early evening, Saturday to mid-afternoon and Sunday closed; do not plan it as a late bar.
- Osteria al SqueroThis Dorsoduro bacaro faces the working Squero di San Trovaso, pairing canal-edge views with crostini, polpette and simple wine. Weekdays stay open through 9 PM, Saturday closes after lunch and Sunday is closed; most customers eat outside along the fondamenta.
- Cantine del Vino già SchiaviSchiavi is both wine shop and bacaro, stacking inventive cicchetti beside bottles at the foot of the San Trovaso bridge. It is open continuously Monday through Saturday from morning to 8:30 PM and closed Sunday, making late afternoon more dependable than dinner time.
- Al MercàAl Mercà is a freestanding Rialto counter for small sandwiches, cicchetti, spritz and wine, with customers spilling into Campo Bella Vienna. It keeps two compact daily windows—lunch and aperitivo—so arriving between them means a shuttered kiosk, not flexible all-day service.