Harry's Bar (Venice)

Coordinates: 45°25′57″N 12°20′14″E / 45.43250°N 12.33722°E / 45.43250; 12.33722
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Harry's Bar is a restaurant located at Calle Vallaresso 1323, Venice, Italy, owned by Cipriani S.A.

History

Harry's Bar was opened in 1931 by

lire (then about $500 US [$7,839 in 2015 dollars]). Two years later, Pickering returned to the hotel bar, ordered a drink, and gave Cipriani 50,000 lire in return. "Mr. Cipriani, thank you," he said, according to the Cipriani website. "Here's the money. And to show you my appreciation, here's 40,000 more, enough to open a bar. We will call it Harry's Bar."[1]

The

Italian Ministry for Cultural Affairs declared it a national landmark in 2001.[2]

Patrons

Harry's Bar has long been frequented by famous people, and it was a favourite of

Princess Aspasia of Greece, Aristotle Onassis, Barbara Hutton, Peggy Guggenheim, Tareq Salahi, George Clooney, Joe DiMaggio, and Woody Allen.[1]

The bar was also briefly mentioned in the second and subsequent editions of Evelyn Waugh's novel Brideshead Revisited (in the first edition Waugh simply called the bar "the English bar") as a frequent haunt of principal characters Charles Ryder and Sebastian Flyte during their time in Venice. The mention is anachronistic as their visit takes place in 1923.

Food and drink

Harry's Bar is home of the Bellini and Carpaccio.[3]

Harry's Bar is also famous for its dry

Field Marshal Bernard Montgomery, who liked to have a 15 to 1 ratio of his own troops against enemy troops on the battlefield.[citation needed
]

Harry's Bar serves classic Italian dishes. Its prices are relatively high (40,000 lire (€20) for a bowl of minestrone, in 2001).[3]

Expansion

Harry's Bar is today "the anchor to a global brand, positioned around the Cipriani name." In New York City, the Ciprianis run the restaurants Harry Cipriani, Cipriani 42nd Street, and DownTown, a travel company, and a catering company. Buenos Aires is home to three more outlets. In Venice, the Ciprianis also own Harry's Dolci. The Cipriani brand also includes lines of pastas, sauces, olive oils, coffee, books, and kitchenware.[3]

In 2007 the Ciprianis pleaded guilty to tax evasion in the United States.[4] In 2012, with debts of over €6m, the bar was sold to Luxembourg-based investment group Blue Skye.[5]

Reception

Anthony Bourdain said of Harry's, "You get a pretty good plate of food—and the Bellinis are just fine. They just cost a fuck of a lot. But they do treat you courteously and it is Venice out the window—and everything's expensive anyway."[6]

See also

References

  1. ^ a b Harry's Bar of Venice - a modern Italian landmark, CNN.com, 13 October 2000. Archived March 22, 2014, at the Wayback Machine
  2. ^ Harry's Bar Archived 2011-09-02 at the Wayback Machine at cipriani.com
  3. ^ a b c Rayner, Jay. Harry's Bar, Venice, The Observer, 11 November 2001.
  4. ^ Bone, James. "Owners of Cipriani admit tax scam", Times Online, 2 August 2007.
  5. ^ The Caterer: Owners of iconic Harry’s Bar pushed out after 80 years, December 2012
  6. ISBN 978-1-4088-0914-3
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