SRV
About
SRV, short for Serene Republic of Venice, cooks the food of Venice's wine bars on Columbus Avenue in the South End. The restaurant calls itself Boston's first Venetian-style bacaro, and the menu follows that model: cicchetti, the small bites Venetians eat standing at the bar, then pasta made from freshly milled flour and risotto cooked to order. The wine list is entirely Italian, and the cocktails lean the same way.
It suits a relaxed dinner for two or a group that wants to graze before committing to pasta, and it works for a drink and a few small plates at the bar, which stays open an hour past dinner service. The restaurant is on Columbus Avenue just short of Massachusetts Avenue and has seating indoors and outdoors in good weather.
Cicchetti, pasta and risotto
The current menu opens with cicchetti priced by the piece, such as arancini, mozzarella in carrozza and pork-and-beef polpette, before moving on to crudo, salads and larger plates. Pastas change with the season and have included cappellacci with gorgonzola dolce and pear and lumache with chili butter and Jonah crab, while risotto is made to order, from a seasonal version to a lobster risotto finished with clarified butter.
The bar
The Italian-only wine list includes a Langhe Nebbiolo bottled for the restaurant, and the cocktail list starts with a vermouth of the day and a spritz. After dinner there is housemade limoncello, grappa and a long list of amari, which makes SRV a reasonable stop for a late drink in the neighborhood.
The restaurant group
SRV opened in 2016 and belongs to Coda Restaurant Group, whose other restaurants include The Salty Pig and Baleia. The group describes its concepts as value-driven, and the per-piece pricing of the cicchetti lets a table control the bill as it goes.
Private dining
A private dining room seats up to 45 guests or 60 standing, and the whole restaurant can be booked for up to 114 seated or 180 for a reception, from corporate dinners to showers and weddings.
Sources: SRV, about, menu, private dining, reservations. Checked September 27, 2026.
Contact Information
Boston, 02118
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SRV
About SRV
SRV, short for Serene Republic of Venice, cooks the food of Venice's wine bars on Columbus Avenue in the South End. The restaurant calls itself Boston's first Venetian-style bacaro, and the menu follows that model: cicchetti, the small bites Venetians eat standing at the bar, then pasta made from freshly milled flour and risotto cooked to order. The wine list is entirely Italian, and the cocktails lean the same way.
It suits a relaxed dinner for two or a group that wants to graze before committing to pasta, and it works for a drink and a few small plates at the bar, which stays open an hour past dinner service. The restaurant is on Columbus Avenue just short of Massachusetts Avenue and has seating indoors and outdoors in good weather.
Cicchetti, pasta and risotto
The current menu opens with cicchetti priced by the piece, such as arancini, mozzarella in carrozza and pork-and-beef polpette, before moving on to crudo, salads and larger plates. Pastas change with the season and have included cappellacci with gorgonzola dolce and pear and lumache with chili butter and Jonah crab, while risotto is made to order, from a seasonal version to a lobster risotto finished with clarified butter.
The bar
The Italian-only wine list includes a Langhe Nebbiolo bottled for the restaurant, and the cocktail list starts with a vermouth of the day and a spritz. After dinner there is housemade limoncello, grappa and a long list of amari, which makes SRV a reasonable stop for a late drink in the neighborhood.
The restaurant group
SRV opened in 2016 and belongs to Coda Restaurant Group, whose other restaurants include The Salty Pig and Baleia. The group describes its concepts as value-driven, and the per-piece pricing of the cicchetti lets a table control the bill as it goes.
Private dining
A private dining room seats up to 45 guests or 60 standing, and the whole restaurant can be booked for up to 114 seated or 180 for a reception, from corporate dinners to showers and weddings.
Sources: SRV, about, menu, private dining, reservations. Checked September 27, 2026.