Location: 15 Place Vendôme, 75001 Paris, Paris.
Bar Hemingway at the Ritz Paris, named after Ernest Hemingway who famously 'liberated' the hotel bar with Allied troops in August 1944. This legendary watering hole was Hemingway's favorite Paris bar, where he held court and created cocktail history. The bar preserves his memory with photos, memorabilia, and the same timeless elegance.
Period recorded for this site: 20th century.
Theme: Writer.
Coordinates: 48.86778, 2.32861.
This plaque is a stop on the walk: Americans in Paris: Writers, Artists & Stars.
On Americans in Paris: Writers, Artists & Stars: End at Bar Hemingway in the Ritz, Place Vendôme, where Papa held court and liberated the hotel in 1944.
Other plaques within a few minutes' walk: Place Vendôme (0 m); Mètre-étalon de la place Vendôme (6 m); Armand-Louis de Gontaut Biron (english) (34 m); Armand-Louis de Gontaut Biron (39 m); Place Vendôme (Love in the Afternoon, 1957 / Fantômas / Le Cercle rouge) (73 m).