Now in paperback, the inside story of one of the world's most
renowned watering holes, legendary since the days of Hemingway.
Harry's Bar in Venice has remained one of the world's most storied
watering holes, as entrenched a fixture of the Venetian landscape
as the Doge's Palace, the Basilica, and the Piazza San Marco. It
has been a meeting place for writers, artists, models, and stars, a
luxurious restaurant whose concoctions and timeless decor have
often been imitated but never matched. Written by the son of the
founder and a prominent restaurateur in his own right, here is its
history. Founded in 1931 by a humble but enterprising Venetian
barman named Giuseppe Cipriani and a wealthy American named Harry
Pickering, it soon hosted regulars Ernest Hemingway, Orson Welles,
Sinclair Lewis, the Agha Khan, and many other luminaries. We follow
Giuseppe and his son Arrigo through World War II, when Harry's Bar
was requisitioned by the fascists and turned into a mess hall for
Mussolini's navy, while the real festive meals were served at the
Cipriani house; the liberation in 1945, when Allied Army officers
took up virtual residence at the bar and tossed Giuseppe around the
dining room like a rugby ball; and through the postwar years, when
Harry's Bar became a virtual club for the world's glitterati. Here
too are the stories behind the Ciprianis' great inventions, from
the "carpaccio" appetizer, which has become a generic term for
thinly sliced raw meat or raw fish with a white sauce, to the
bellini, the now famous pink cocktail made of pureed white peaches
and Italian champagne. The author also tells the story of Harry's
New York nephews, Harry Cipriani on Fifth Avenue, the only
restaurant ever stolen from its director between lunch and dinner,
and the Bellini in the old Taft Hotel. Filled with Arrigo
Cipriani's engaging wit and lighthearted charm, this history of
Harry's Bar is a delight to read-and the next best thing to a table
at Harry's Bar itself.
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