Cipriani S.A.

Cipriani S.A. is a privately owned international corporation based in Luxembourg that owns and operates luxury restaurants and clubs around the world including Harry's Bar in Venice and formerly the Rainbow Room in New York City. It specialises in simple, traditional Italian food.

It traces its history to family patriarch Giuseppe Cipriani (1900–1980) who founded Harry's Bar in Venice in 1931. According to the company history, Harry Pickering—a rich, young Bostonian—had been frequenting Hotel Europa in Venice, where Giuseppe Cipriani was a bartender. 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 $500 US [$7,839 in 2015 dollars]). "Mr. Cipriani, thank you," he said, according to the Cipriani website. Harry's Bar became a popular spot for celebrities like Ernest Hemingway and Humphrey Bogart. The Bellini cocktail and the food dish Carpaccio were reputed to have originated there.

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