Only one real Harry’s: Downtown bar sues over stolen name

Harry's downtown location within the Monetary District.
Helayne Seidman

They’re not wild about this Harry’s.

Famed Monetary District watering gap Harry’s, which opened its doorways in 1972 and was featured within the 1987 bestseller novel “Bonfire of the Vanities” and within the traditional 1991 movie “American Psycho” — says they've a copycat in Midtown.

Harry’s proprietor One Hanover LLC has gone to Manhattan Federal Court docket in a bid to cease the Park Lane Lodge on Central Park South from utilizing the title Harry’s New York Bar, which they mentioned has brought about confusion amongst customers.

The Midtown Harry’s, which opened in February, is ripping off the trademarked title and “continues to be extraordinarily damaging,” to One Hanover, they mentioned in courtroom papers.

“There have been clients saying, ‘Hey we made reservations for the uptown location.’ My shoppers have been like, ‘We don’t have an uptown location,'” mentioned One Hanover’s lawyer, John Bostany.

The alleged offender is positioned at Park Lane Lodge on Central Park South.

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The long-lasting New York location was featured within the 1991 movie “American Psycho.”

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The Harry’s moniker is a “bedrock title,” Bostany mentioned.

Highgate Inns declined to remark.