The last drogheria left on the Ruga dei Spezieri, the Rialto street of the old spice merchants. Opened in 1946 as an 8-square-metre shop selling castagnaccio and fruit, it now stocks about 2,500 items: spices in wooden drawers and copper-lidded jars, pyramids of pepper in the window, teas, jams and serious wines in the back room. Rialto shoppers stop here between the fish stalls and home.
- Address
- Ruga dei Spezieri, San Polo 381, 30125 Venezia
- Hours
- Mon, Tue, Thu-Sat 08:00-13:00, 16:00-19:30; Wed 08:00-13:00; closed Sun (Lonely Planet Italia; matches Google)
- Best time to go
- Morning · About 20 min
- Price
- Free to browse (Price not verified)
- Price level
- €€
Details can change. Check hours and prices before you go.
Good to know
- Come in the morning with the Rialto market crowd; it closes for a long lunch and on Wednesday afternoon.
- Spices and teas are sold loose from the old drawers and jars.
- The wine room at the back is a serious enoteca; ask the Mascari brothers for a local bottle.