Harry's New York Bar
- In English, just say: Sank Roo Doe Noo
- Address: 5 Rue Daunou
- Vicinity: Btw Avenue de l'Opera and the Rue de la Paix
- Arrondissement Municipal of 2nd Rt, Bourse in Paris
- Phone: 33 1 42 61 71 14
| Y/M/D | Person | Association | Description | Composition | Food | Event |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Y/M/D | Person | Association | Description | Composition | Food | Event |
| 1911/00/00 | Tod Sloan | Owner | Tod Sloan converts a small bistro into what will become the famous Harry's New York Bar. | |||
| 1915/00/00 | Harry MacElhone | Barman | Barman Harry MacElhone creates an early version of the French 75 at the New York Bar in Paris. It is said to have such a kick like the powerful French 75mm field gun. | French 75 | ||
| 1921/00/00 | Fernand Petiot claims to have invented the Bloody Mary while working at the New York Bar in Paris. | Bloody Mary (cocktail) | ||||
| 1922/00/00 | Harry MacElhone | Barman | The first recipes for the Sidecar cocktail appears in Harry MacElhone's "Harry's ABC of Mixing Cocktails" and Robert Vermeire's "Cocktails and How to Mix Them". | Sidecar (cocktail) | ||
| 1923/00/00 | Harry MacElhone | Owner | The New York Bar becomes Harry's New York Bar when Harry MacElhone, a former bartender there and at the Plaza Hotel in New York, buys it. | |||
| 1925/00/00 | Harry MacElhone | Barman | Harry MacElhone creates The Monkey Gland cocktail. Its named after the technique started in 1920 by Dr Serge Voronoff who implanted slivers of freshly-vivisected monkey testicle into the scrota of elderly Frenchmen. | Monkey Gland | ||
| 1928/11/18 | George Gershwin | Composer | George Gershwin composes "An American in Paris" at the "Ivories" Piano Bar at Harry's New York Bar, completing the orchestration on November 18. | An American in Paris | ||
| 1929/00/00 | Harry MacElhone | Barman | Harry MacElhone replaces creme de menthe with gin at Harry's New York Bar in Paris. | White Lady | ||
| 1948/00/00 | Brendan Behan | Work | According to his memoirs "Confessions of an Irish Rebel", Brendan Behan works at Harry's Bar circa 1948-49. |
| Work | Type | AsNotedIn | Creator | Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dodsworth (book) | Novel | Sinclair Lewis | Sam Dodsworth enjoys a couple of Whiskies at the New York bar. |
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