The home bar and the drinks trolley are making a dramatic comeback. Hotel bars are made for lingering. Sit back, enjoy the view, watch the world go by, have another … Ernest Hemingway was famously fond of the cosy bar at the Ritz in Paris. At the end of World War II, as a young war correspondent, he liberated the hotel from German soldiers, took control of the bar and, legend has it, downed 51 dry martinis in celebration.