thumb|260px|sign for harry's bar harry's bar is a bar and restaurant located at calle vallaresso 1323, venice, italy, owned by cipriani s.a.. ==history== harry's bar was opened in 1931 by bartender giuseppe cipriani.harry's bar of venice - a modern italian landmark, cnn.com, 13 october 2000. according to the company history, harry pickeringâa rich, young bostonianâhad been frequenting hotel europa in venice, where giuseppe cipriani was a bartender. when pickering suddenly stopped coming to the hotel bar, cipriani asked him why. when pickering explained that he was broke because his family found out his drinking habits and cut him off financially, cipriani loaned him 10,000 lire (about $5,000 us). 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." the italian ministry for cultural affairs declared it a national landmark in 2001.harry's bar at cipriani.com ==patrons== harry's bar has long been frequented by famous people, and it was a favourite of ernest hemingway. other notable customers have included italian conductor arturo toscanini, inventor guglielmo marconi, charlie chaplin, alfred hitchcock, truman capote, orson welles, baron philippe de rothschild, princess aspasia of greece, aristotle onassis, barbara hutton, peggy guggenheim, and woody allen.stephen o'brien the bar was also briefly mentioned in evelyn waugh's novel brideshead revisited as a frequent haunt of principal characters charles ryder and sebastian flyte during their time in venice. ==food and drink== harry's bar is home of the bellini and carpaccio.rayner, jay. harry's bar, venice, the observer, 11 november 2001. harry's bar is also famous for its dry martini, which is served in a small glass without a stem. their dry martinis are very dry, apparently with the ratio of 10 parts gin to 1 part vermouth. this is an adaptation of the montgomery martini, which is 15 parts gin to 1 part dry vermouth. the montgomery is named after british field marshal bernard montgomery, who liked to have a 15 to 1 ratio of his own troops against enemy troops on the battle field. ernest hemingway is said to be the first person to order a montgomery at harry's bar. harry's bar serves classic italian dishes. its prices are high (twenty euros for a bowl of minestrone, in 2001). ==expansion== harr
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