Il Polpino is a wine bar on Via Cappuccini in the old town, with a good selection of Ligurian whites and a short menu of bar food. The Ligurian coast produces distinctive whites — Vermentino, Pigato, and Bianchetta Genovese — that are rarely found outside the region, and Il Polpino is a reliable place to try them.
The bar is small and fills quickly on summer evenings, when the aperitivo crowd spills out onto the street. Come for a glass before dinner or to end the evening; the bar food — bruschette, local salumi, trofie with pesto — is good enough to constitute a light meal.