Harry’s New York Bar is a bar in Paris, France located at 5, Rue Daunou, between the Avenue de l’Opéra and the Rue de la Paix. The bar was acquired by former American star jockey Tod Sloan in 1911, who converted it from a bistro and renamed it the “New York Bar.” Sloan had gone partners with a New Yorker named Clancy (no one seems to know his first name) who owned a bar in Manhattan. That bar was dismantled and shipped to Paris. Sloan then hired Harry MacElhone, a barman from Dundee, Scotland, to run the place. Wikipedia.org.

Paula and I went to Harry’s New York Bar in Paris because of the history. The inside of the bar is great if you are searching for that history. The drinks and food, not so much.

Harry’s Bar in Paris is where, legend has it, the Bloody Mary was first concocted. I had one. It was just tomato juice and vodka with a little spice. What you might find at any bar anywhere. Not what you would expect from the birthplace of the Bloody Mary.

The outside of the Harry’s New York Bar in Paris looks like you would expect from an old, established bar in Paris. We were excited!

“Paula and I went to Harry’s New York Bar in Paris because of the history. The inside of the bar is great if you are searching for that history. The drinks and food, not so much.”