{"product_id":"harrys-bar-florence-1990s","title":"Harry's Bar, Florence 1990s","description":"\u003cp style=\"font-weight: 400;\"\u003eIn 1953, two young Italian entrepreneurs called Enrico Mariotti and Raffaello Sabatini created Harry’s Bar and American Grill in Florence, Italy.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"font-weight: 400;\"\u003eTheir friend Giuseppe Cipriani, patron of the famous ( and first)  Harry’s Bar in Venice that opened in 1931 and whose customers included Americans-abroad such as novelists Ernest Hemingway and Truman Capote, baseball star Joe di Maggio, heiress Barbara Hutton and architect Frank Lloyd Wright, acted as consultant.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"font-weight: 400;\"\u003eHe gave the pair advice about the kind of food to serve and what drinks to offer – led by the Bellini, the Martini (15 parts gin to one part martini) and the Negroni. Service, of course, had to be impeccable and unobtrusive and tourists from all over the world- not just Americans- flocked to the establishment.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"font-weight: 400;\"\u003eIn the 1970s, a Los Angeles outpost of the Harry’s Bar in Florence opened in the ABC Entertainment Center in Century City.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"font-weight: 400;\"\u003eEvery detail of the bar and restaurant at the original was replicated in Los Angeles, down to the furnishings.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"font-weight: 400;\"\u003eThis charming menu cover showing the location of Harry’s Bar alongside the River Arno in the Tuscan city was also duplicated and prices were shown in both Italian lire and dollars.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"font-weight: 400;\"\u003eHarry’s in Los Angeles flourished for three decades.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"font-weight: 400;\"\u003eBut while the Harry’s Bars in Venice and in Florence still exist – and are known and respected worldwide – the Los Angeles outpost is no more.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"font-weight: 400;\"\u003eThe establishment served its final Bellini in 2002 after the building where it was located - the ABC Entertainment Centre in Century City – was demolished to make way for an office building.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"font-weight: 400;\"\u003eAccording to a post in the Los Angeles Times, Harry’s was best known for its annual Ernest Hemingway parody contest. The person who wrote what the judges declared the best ‘one really good page of really bad Hemingway’ would win a trip to Italy and dinner at the original Harry’s Bar and American Grill in Florence. Nice trip!\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eCourtesy Private Collection.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cspan\u003eGallery quality Giclée print on natural white, matte, 100% cotton rag, acid and lignin free archival paper using Epson archival inks. Custom printed with border for matting and framing.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cb style=\"line-height: 1.2;\"\u003eEach order includes a print of the interior menu.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cb style=\"line-height: 1.2;\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eAll printed in USA.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"STEVE SANN","offers":[{"title":"8.5x11\" Archival Print (Unframed) $25.00","offer_id":48185498730659,"sku":"ugo1790054659302","price":17.5,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true},{"title":"11x14 Archival Print (Unframed) $30.00","offer_id":48185498763427,"sku":"lbj1790054659303","price":20.1,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true},{"title":"13x19 Archival Print (Unframed) $40.00","offer_id":48185498796195,"sku":"mmo1790054659304","price":26.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true},{"title":"16x20 Archival Print (Unframed) $55.00","offer_id":48185498828963,"sku":"gxn1790054659305","price":36.85,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true},{"title":"20x24 Archival Print (Unframed) $85.00","offer_id":48185498861731,"sku":"urj1790054659306","price":54.4,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true},{"title":"24x36 Archival Print (Unframed) $135.00","offer_id":48185498894499,"sku":"tuv1790054659307","price":85.05,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0762\/1787\/6643\/files\/harrys-bar-florence-1990s_1.webp?v=1790054668","url":"https:\/\/dripcoffeepot.shop\/products\/harrys-bar-florence-1990s","provider":"My Store","version":"1.0","type":"link"}