Cicchetti Are Venice’s Answer To Tapas. Here’s Where To Try Them.
Venetians looking for a little something to tide them over until dinnertime have long gone to small wine bars called bacari to nosh on snacks like marinated anchovies, bruschetta, and grilled shellfish called cicchetti. Locals go from one bar to the next, nibbling on a few toothpick-skewered bites and washing them down with small glasses of cheap house wine that comes in two options: ombra rosso or ombra bianco.