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Bar Hemingway

Hemingway tried to drink here once per week even before he made it big. In August 1944 Hemingway made a booze-powered drive into Paris ahead of the advancing Free French 2nd Tank Division to "liberate the Ritz", and specifically the bar which was shortly thereafter renamed in his honour. Today the bar is considered by many to be one of the best bars in the world, in no small part due to the bar-tending skills of Colin Field, who creates elaborate cocktails as a fine art, and with the rest of the staff is skilled at bringing his guests together in conversation.

Address
15 Place Vendôme
Getting there
In the Hôtel Ritz; Métro: Pyramides
Price
Expect to pay €30 or more per drink

Listing from Wikivoyage: Paris/1st arrondissement, CC BY-SA 4.0.

Updated 28 Sept 2026. Something wrong? Tell us.