We stopped in to take a look at what the local grocery store was like. They had plenty of fresh…read moreveggies, meats, and cheeses. Lots of various sizes and style of pastas as well. Ended up buying some dried pasta to bring home. Easy check-out and they offer bags to carry your groceries too.

So after a heavy lunch we decided to grab some bread and salumi and make our own at the apartment…read more we ordered 400g of two kinds of meat and man was the deli guy was really put out. complained to us in Italian then started shit talking about us to other customers. I speak just enough basic Italian to know what he was saying. So I politely invited him to perform a reverse bowel movement on himself and departed. I seldom hang one stars but this was ridiculous. I mean the shop is in a prime tourist area near the Rialto Bridge and the deli counter was empty. We will never set foot in a Coop again

At the vaporetto stop, Rialto Mercato, they have what is called the Fruit Market and the Fish…read moreMarket. I know them well because the fish guys smelled up the street below where I stayed and they were up around 4 in the morning to set up their stalls and move the ice, etc. Lots of fish varieties, not so many stalls in August, maybe more at other times of the year. The fruit market has this Italian seller and they are very nice people, I really loved going there every day. Everything was fresh and reasonable and they were the only stall that was Italian and had variety. The other 5 stalls were just duplicates of each others and had little variety and run by foreign guys, not much to say here about their stuff. This stall had a lot of variety, wish I took a picture to show you. They have 10 times what a typical grocery store has in fresh fruits and vegetables. Superb place!!!