Trieste
Opening just before WWI, and a favourite of writers Svevo, Saba and Joyce, this Viennese Secession giant is spectacularly decorated with theatrical mask…
Must-see nightlife in Friuli Venezia Giulia
Trieste
Simply the best place in Trieste for sundowners is this bar perched atop the Marina San Giusto yacht club. Dressed with artificial grass and potted plants…
Trieste
Sandwiched between the Rotonda Pancera and the Roman Arco di Riccardo in pretty Piazza Barbacan is this popular local wine bar with piazza seating. It’s a…
Friuli Venezia Giulia
This elegant osteria both sells and serves some of the best Friulano and Collio wines alongside a short, seasonal menu featuring asparagus soufflé with…
Friuli Venezia Giulia
Zidarich is one of the Carso's top producers and the cellar is an unusual mix of modernity and rusticity. Wines here are naturally processed and made with…
Friuli Venezia Giulia
This historic wine bar manned by not one, but two, sommeliers is located in the medieval tower in Tarvisio’s town square. It comes with…an ice-cream…
Grado
Drop into this friendly, local wine bar for a coffee, a craft beer or a glass of regional wine chalked up on the board. Locals linger over boards of…
Udine
Follow the locals' lead and order what may be northern Italy's most reasonably priced spritz (€1 to €2.50) through the window. Stuzzichini here are…
Trieste
Trieste does do glamour and this bar, which convivially spills out into the alley beside it, attracts a slightly older, very well-put-together crowd come…
Trieste
This veritable hall of mirrors (specchi) first opened its doors back in 1839 and has more recently been taken over by the chocolatiering Faggiotto from…
Friuli Venezia Giulia
Sandi Skerk's property is only 500m from the border of Slovenia; here he continues the family tradition of making natural wines avoiding the use of…
Trieste
Trieste's cosmopolitan gaze usually faces east, but here we have a bar that feels like you've been transported to an ultra-hip neighbourhood of Madrid…
Trieste
If you can't make it to the Carso wine region, get the owner here to ply you with indigenous grape varieties (the Vitovska selection is encyclopedic). Or…
Udine
A particularly good choice if the weather is balmy (or in any way warm) and the young, good-looking crowd spills out onto the corner terrace, giving it a…
Udine
Beneath the arcades of Palazzo d'Aronco, Contarena's soaring domed ceilings glitter with gold leaf and other Liberty fancy. Designed by Raimondo d'Aronco,…
Friuli Venezia Giulia
This winery offers a fabulously bucolic setting along with peachy glasses of Malvasia and Terans the flavour of forest fruits. They match the cheese and…
Udine
Yes, there's a popular restaurant out back, but it's the spill-onto-the-road front bar that will hold your interest. A rock-and-roll soundtrack, excellent…
Trieste
Named after Hermann Hesse’s amiable vagabond, this alternative bar-cum-library-cum-shop-cum–bicycle rental is a bohemian place where alternative Triestini…
Friuli Venezia Giulia
This historic bar has a prime location and outdoor seating where you can linger in the sun over strong coffee and Krapfen or enjoy a well-made spritz …
Friuli Venezia Giulia
Equally atmospheric indoors and out, there are fried chicken and pasta dishes here as well as the usual meat and cheese platters to accompany your wines…
Grado
Cute hole-in-the-wall bar on an old-town corner that attracts a local crew for an early-evening spritz or three. Has an excellent chilled white selection…
Pordenone
A prime perch under the porticos with tables out on the piazza. Order the local poison, il centino (a type of Americano), which comes served in a vintage…
Friuli Venezia Giulia
Venture down into this ancient vaulted cellar for a little piece of Bavaria, with pretzels, football on the big screen or DJs on weekends. Staff are…
Friuli Venezia Giulia
Head to dark and moody Trappola for crowd-pleasing platters of prosciutto (from €6), cheese (€6 to €8) or smoked trout (€8) and well-priced wine and craft…
Trieste
An eccentric and convivial grab bag of locals gather here for glasses of cheap, bountiful and good local wine and a few rounds of whatever is on offer in…
Trieste
The smallest and, dare we say, friendliest of the historic bunch, this is an exquisite room that's just as nice for an evening tipple as a morning capo un…
Cormòns
A local wine collective wine shop where you can do tastings, chat to winemakers and nibble on a plate of Montasio cheese. They're also happy to provide…
Friuli Venezia Giulia
The place on the square for an expertly made spritzer or coffee.
Trieste
Virtually unchanged since its 1830 opening, the rich ceiling reliefs, primrose-yellow walls and Viennese mirrors here couldn't be any more evocative. Take…
Friuli Venezia Giulia
This is the bar that's open when all the genteel wine bars are shuttered (and where all the hospitality staff head after their shifts are done), but it's…
Trieste
This lovely cafe and chocolate shop makes everything in-house, including the hot chocolate slowly simmering in a great pot behind the counter and, in…
Udine
Fabulously eccentric decor makes this place rather memorable in a city of atmospheric bars. Great wines, grappa, and cheese and meat platters complete the…
Udine
At Udine's only lunch- or aperitivo-with-a-view option, you also get history in spades, and grass to loll on.
