2nd arrondissement, Opéra, Paris
The Cocktail Bar That Invented the Sidecar
Harry's New York Bar opened in 1911 when an American jockey shipped the original New York bar interior to Paris piece by piece. The bar has been continuously operating ever since. The Sidecar was invented here in 1922. The Bloody Mary was created here in 1921. The White Lady was perfected here in 1923. Hemingway drank here. Fitzgerald drank here. Bogart and Bacall drank here.
The cocktails are honest classical builds without unnecessary theatre. The Sidecar is benchmark. The Bloody Mary follows the original specification — vodka, tomato juice, lemon, salt, pepper, Worcestershire — without modern flourishes.
The crowd is heritage cocktail tourists, expat journalists (Harry's was Hemingway's local), and Paris professionals who want something other than the modern Paris cocktail scene. Pair with Bar Hemingway at the Ritz for a Hemingway-Paris cocktail tour.
