Thurs, 16 June 2016, 1:03 pm: Making the rounds at a few different bacari— wine bars that also serve various bite-size appetizers— is a better bet for a satisfying lunch than any sit-down restaurant when in Venice.
Today we’ve noshed at three different bacari since noon and are now at a fourth: Osteria alla Ciurma, also in the San Polo district. It’s easy to nibble at a handful of different places if you stick to one neighborhood on each day of your culinary holiday.
As you can see, a good number of the mouthfuls here at Osteria alla Ciurma are 1,80 Euro. As I write this report, that’s only $1.89. For less than two bucks per item, you can try almost anything behind this glass. 
The red wine we sample is so enjoyable, we will return tomorrow and ask for it specifically. 
1:27 pm: Don’t mind me; I’m just partaking of the cicchetti at Osteria Al Sacro e Profano.
Here at the Sacred and Profane (is there a better bar name anywhere on the continent?) they mix a cocktail featuring Cynar, which is made from thirteen herbs and plants, predominantly artichoke. 
After you’re content with your pick-and-choose cicchetti meal, you finish it off with one of these curvy sweet biscuits that you soak first in the Cynar.
One lunch, at five different venues and comprised of who knows how many individual little snacks. Add ’em together, and you get a quintessential Venetian dining experience.