Antica Drogheria Calzolari

Bologna


This standing-room-only wine bar is one of Bologna's most social, attracting an eccentric early-evening crowd – bohemian art professors, seasoned drunks, wayward wanderers – who spill out onto the sidewalk along lively Via Petroni.

There are a dozen or so options open each night by the glass (€3 to €5), but staff will pour a glass from any bottle lining the shelves of this historic provisions shop.


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