L'Osteria Salvagente

Top choice in Trieste


After meeting Marco and Valentina, the 80-year-old couple who owned this old seafood place finally felt comfortable passing on their life's work. It's indeed in good hands. The young team have changed little of the original maritime-themed decor but have instead relaxed the menu to include a huge array of Venetian-style mix-and-match cicheti (bar snacks).

Take a spritz and a spread of cicheti to an outside bench or choose from mains such as octopus steamed in paper or crumbed sardines.