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White peach puree topped with chilled Prosecco. Invented at Harry's Bar by Giuseppe Cipriani in 1948, named for the pink-tinted robe in a Giovanni Bellini painting. The canonical Venetian cocktail.
The Bellini was invented at Harry's Bar by Giuseppe Cipriani in 1948 for the painter Giovanni Bellini retrospective at the Doge's Palace. Cipriani noticed the soft pink colour of the Bellini paintings' robes and developed the cocktail to match: white peach puree (canonically only white, not yellow) with Prosecco, in a 1 to 3 ratio. The drink is still served the same way at Harry's Bar today, with the white peach puree prepared in-house from peaches harvested at the Cipriani family's Veneto orchards. Globally copied with frozen pulp or even pureed yellow peach, the canonical version is only available at the original.
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Bar Longhi inside The Gritti Palace on Campo Santa Maria del Giglio is the Murano-lamp bar with the Pietro Longhi 18th-century paintings, the canonical Grand.
TipThe patio with the Grand Canal view runs spring through autumn. Cocktails start around €22; the Longhi Bellini variant is the move.
Locanda Cipriani on Torcello is the 1934-founded Cipriani-family lagoon outpost that Hemingway used for lunch, the canonical garden-restaurant on the silent.
OrderRisotto alla torcellana, carpaccio Cipriani, the daily fish baked in the garden's wood oven.
TipClosed Tuesdays and the whole of January. Ferry 12 from Fondamente Nove, 45 minutes. Book outdoor garden tables when you reserve.
Caffe Florian on Piazza San Marco is the 1720-founded coffeehouse, the oldest in continuous operation in Italy, with frescoed rooms hosted by string quartets.
TipSitting in the frescoed rooms costs roughly €12 for an espresso; standing at the counter costs €1.50. The music orchestra adds €6 per person.
Grancaffe Quadri in Piazza San Marco has run as a coffee house since 1775 under the Procuratie Vecchie, the historic cafe across the square from Florian.
TipThe ground-floor cafe is the public room; upstairs is the 1-star restaurant. The bar pours espresso for €2 standing, €9 sitting.
Harry's Bar on Calle Vallaresso is the 1931 Cipriani family room that invented the carpaccio and the Bellini, the canonical historic-bar lunchroom in San.
OrderBellini at the ground-floor bar, beef carpaccio upstairs, risotto alla primavera.
TipDrinking at the bar costs a fraction of upstairs dining; the Bellini is the reason to stop. Book upstairs through OpenTable a fortnight ahead.
Bellini makes more sense with someone from Venice explaining it. These are the classes and tours we have checked, with booking links.
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