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Wonderful Traditional Pitstop in the Centre of Venice

  • July 15, 2009
  • Rated 5 of 5 by Slug from Huddersfield, United Kingdom
Wonderful Traditional Pitstop in the Centre of Venice

Unfortunately, the centre of Venice can seem a little too touristy and plastic. Thankfully, down some of the backstreets there are still a couple of old traditional style bars and restaurants. These give a hint of what old Venice must have been like.

Classed as one of the Top 5 bars in Italy, by the Rough Guide, the Do Mori, located a couple of streets away from Rialto Bridge and near the old market retains its original Venetian style. The bar is a simple long skinny room, with copper pots hanging from the ceiling, and a couple of traditional spittoons lining the edge of the serving bar. Don’t panic, I didn’t see them in use during our two pit stops to the bar.

Thankfully, the hum of horrible drying and environmentally unfriendly air conditioning is far from this place, but the thick walls, and the narrowness of the street makes the inside a lot cooler and shadier than the heat of the streets. The building dates from the 1400’s, so there is plenty of history to admire.

The Do Mori might be thought of a place too intimidating for casual visitors and my beloved certainly expected the bar to be in the exclusive preserve of grizzled and angry eyed locals. In fact, on both our visits we found a pleasant and relaxed mix of both local and tourist.

If you visit, don’t be too hopeful of grabbing a seat as the long skinny bar only provides four bar stools. Instead, enjoy your wine on your feet. The menu consists of about a dozen choices of wine. Some wines are served by the glass, or you can order a few by the half bottle.

We enjoyed a fantastic glass of Italian champagne for three euros (Prosecco), served in the traditional wide and flat-bottomed glass. If you are the macho type then just grin and bear it, no one looks rugged while sipping from such a glass. For our second trip, we tried a glass of Rubino, a rich flavoured fizzy red, served chilled. I certainly recommend this choice if you are after something a little different, refreshing but with a bit of bite.

The Do Mori also serves Tapas and sandwiches. I can’t vouch for the food, but the Tapas in particular looked inviting. Overall, the Do Mori is an interesting place to linger a little while to take a pit stop from the madness of the crowds outside. The Do Mori is open til eight each evening, and not open on Sundays.

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