Meanings
plural bacari · plural bacaros
- A traditional wine bar of Venice or Veneto, often serving cicchetti (snacks and bar food).
Venice is a draw not only for its art, architecture and canals, but its bacari—traditional wine bars (said to be named for Bacchus) selling ombre, small glasses of wine, and cicchetti, deliciously starchy snacks.
2026 March 21, Marina O'Loughlin, “The perfect bacaro crawl”, in FT Weekend (Travel section), London: The Financial Times Ltd., →ISSN, →OCLC, page 7
Origin
- Italianbacaro
- Englishbacaro
Borrowed from Italian bacaro.
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