Buongiorno,
Saw one of Rick's shows that had him walking the streets of Venice and popping into small restaurants for cicchetti. As I will be on Rick's "Best of Italy" 17 day tour in September 2026 looking for things to see and do. Good food and wine is on the menu. I know, I know it is a long way off but preparing a journal for this trip and don't want to miss out.
Any recommendations would be greatly appreciated. Does anyone know the street with the best cicchetti? Ciao!
Depending on when the show was filmed the restaurants he visited may or may not still be there (on the website, it indicates the Venice shows were filmed in 2012). I suggest you consult a current version of a RS guidebook and see where his current recommendations fall. Also some of these posts from a search in the forum may be of help: https://search.ricksteves.com/?button=&date_range=1y&filter=Travel+Forum&query=Cicchetti+venice
You might want to contact Alessandro Schezzini, who did the Rick Steves Cicchetti segment, and he may still be doing public tours. You can contact him and ask, giving your dates. I took it 10 years ago and it was great then.
https://www.schezzini.it/
We went to Cantine del vino Gia schiavi. Enjoy!!
I second what Sam said. We did Alessandro's cicchetti tour in 2022. Great food and a lot of laughs!
