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Sarah, are you a restaurant person?

Like, when you visit New York,

do you try to eat at all the trendy places in the city?

You know what?

I feel very overwhelmed by trendiness in general. So I feel like I kind of just go where people tell me to. But I do like a great meal. Okay, well, what do you know about

Chippriani? I know it by name. I know it's like kind of a fancy, tacky place for the rich and famous. Am I correct?

Yeah. I don't think that's wrong. Well, Sarah, you're super lucky because today we actually have a

table at Chipriani, the best one in the house, and it's all on me. So pour yourself a $27 glass of red wine and tuck into your Chilean sea bass,

will I tell you the real history of this international restaurant dynasty?

It's August 1987, and Giuseppe Chippriani is nervously pacing his Manhattan apartment phone in hand.

Giuseppe is a dashing 22-year-old and the manager of Harry Chippriani, the acclaimed New York City restaurant.

He's urgently trying to reach his father and co-manager, Arrigo.

The Chippriani's aren't just any restaurateurs.

Giuseppe's grandfather founded the legendary Italian watering hole, Harry's Bar, in Venice, Italy.

Harry's has become a cultural institution, where history, literature, art, and Venetian cuisine all come together.

And for more than 50 years, it's been a favorite destination for elites and intellectuals

from all around the world.

The family opened their second restaurant, Harry Chippriani, two years ago, as an almost

exact replica of the Venetian original.

It was an immediate hit, and it allowed the Chippriani's to bring their family legacy

across the Atlantic.

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