Even today in Venice one can find, scattered among the sestieri, more than a dozen Calli or Campielli 'del Cafetier'.
To remain so imprinted in toponymy, this term had to resonate very often in the Venetian dialect; in fact, there were many cafeteria owners (in dialect cafetieri) in Venice. After the opening, in 1683, of the first 'Bottega da caffè' under the Procuratie Nuove, called All'Arabo, 'cafés' in Venice quickly multiplied and became an increasingly important place in the social life of Venetians, in that great collective ritual called 'Andare al caffè'.
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