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The Restaurant Guide for Wine Lovers

Salt House Bacaro

66/100
  • Liverpool, Merseyside
  • Italian / Venetian small plates (cicchetti)
  • By the glass
  • ££ (small plates ~£4–£16.50; glasses from £6.60; 500ml carafes; bottles to £85)
  • Beta
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Salt House Bacaro is a Venetian-style small-plates bar on Castle Street serving cicchetti and sharing dishes alongside an all-Italian list offered by the glass, the carafe and the bottle. The wine programme is a sound, accessible everyday list lifted above its peers by a genuine Champagne and Franciacorta in the bubbles, and held back by a thin sweet-and-fortified corner, the absence of stated vintages and no guidance on its two spiciest plates. It will most reward the diner who wants to graze Italian small plates and drink a well-priced glass or carafe without ceremony.

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