Venice, Italy — Restaurants

Harry's Bar & the Bellini

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The most celebrated small restaurant in Venice — a 6-table room in Castello serving the day’s catch with extraordinary precision.

Why It Belongs on the List

The most celebrated small restaurant in Venice — a 6-table room in Castello serving the day’s catch with extraordinary precision. Menus, reservation systems, service days, and seasonal closures change; verify current details directly.

What Stands Out

  • Birthplace of the Bellini cocktail (1948): white peach puree and prosecco
  • Birthplace of beef carpaccio (1950): thin raw beef with mayonnaise and lemon
  • Hemingway's regular table — mentioned in his Venice novel
  • UNESCO Cultural Heritage of Humanity site
  • Bellini costs ~€22 — expensive but the original recipe is different from imitations
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