Chi ben beve, ben magna

Who drinks well, eats well

Hostaria is a place serving great wine and simple food. The emphasis has always been on local and homemade specialties such as pasta and grilled meat and fish, often served at shared tables.  Hostarias generally pride themselves on the range and quality of their offerings and became the ideal places for after work and evening refreshments and "do ciacole" (socializing) among friends while sharing a glass of wine.
Piave is the river that flows from the Alps to the Venetian lagoon. It has always been convenient and useful to Venice since the "burci", the slow but large boats that sailed up and down the river, would carry all sorts of goods, such as vegetables, fruits, meat, wheat, wine and bread, to the "fonteghi" (storehouses) of the Serenissima Republic of Venice.