Osteria Ai Pugni is a well-kept secret among locals and is a great place to relish cicchetti complemented by a glass of Italian wine in the Dorsoduro neighborhood of Venice. This bar and eatery is always bustling with patrons who socialize, listen to music or make use of their free WiFi facilities. With its vivid pink walls and ceilings stuck with music-related posters, and musical instruments and vinyl records forming part of the decor, this place has a distinct contemporary buzz. Guests can order a choice of meatballs, sandwiches, pizzas and glasses of spritz at reasonable rates.
Home Rock Bar is a casual restaurant-cum-bar that is known for its chilled ambiance. Here, the idea is to make you feel at home and have fun with your friends, while gorging on good food and listening to great music. Music is an integral part of Home Rock Bar, and each evening it features different events like live music, DJ sessions that includes DJ music fused with live radio music and so forth. That's not it, on Tuesdays, they screen a movie that is voted for on their Facebook page. For more details about this funky place, check website.
El Sbarlefo San Pantalon offers a contemporary interior decor with emphasis on geometrical shapes and patterns. Dim yellow lighting, textured walls, round tables and stools and floor-to-ceiling racks of wine bottles create a modern vibe. This bar is known for its live music and on most nights, guests can sip fine Italian wines to the sound of Blues, Bossa Nova and Jazz beats. The menu offers beverages like Raboso wine and cinnamon and mint liquor, along with cicchetti (small snacks) such as Anchovy Bruschetta and Smoked Salmon served with cheese. Check their Facebook page for the detailed schedule of musical events.
The wine-drinking customers of this small old-fashioned Venetian tavern seem to be from a calmer era. The décor creates a cozy tavern atmosphere through the use of wood furnishings and fittings. On Thursdays and Sundays popular jazz concerts are held. Great for a quick sandwich and a glass of red wine - there are 20 or so local wines available which are perfect for a pre-dinner drink.
Il Muretto is an Italian nightclub that is perhaps one of the most popular in the commune Jesolo. The DJs do a great job with ensuring that everyone's on their feet till closing hours. Bartenders keep the good spirits flowing while the nights wears on.
In a small piazza next to the busy Piazza Cavour, we find the Caffè Pedrocchi, a neoclassical building opened to the public in 1831, well-known in student circles and also during the Unification period. It was here, in fact, that the 1848 revolution was set in motion and as testimony you can still see a bullet in one of the walls of the Sala Bianca. It was nicknamed the 'café without doors' because, after its opening at the end of 1916, at the owner's wishes, it remained open all night and today it remains a symbol of the academic city of Padua.