Martini cocktails, martini bars and martini culture
Ice cube engraved with the bar logo The Bar Boheme has no cocktail menu, by choice. A very smart and cocktail-educated waiter starts by asking about your tastes and preferences, and designs the cocktail on the spot with you. And the result is simply perfect! On the classics side, things are equally good: I dared …
Casa Mago, the cocktail lounge of the Michelin-starred Mago Rabin restaurant in Torino, is simply one of the best cocktail spots in town. The place is small and cozily elegant, with a few confortable tables and a great atmosphere. The cocktail menu, inspired by the concept of Origami (that you can actually create by using …
The magic of the Civil Liberties, in Toronto, is that it is both ranked best bar in Canada and one of the most relaxed cocktail bars on the planet. A large and beautiful bar, old silent movies playing on the walls, a small stage for live music, nice industrial decor, no cocktail menu, and a …
When searching for a Martini bar in the northern capital of the world, a place where you can get booze only in special liquor stores, I opted for what seems to be the oldest cocktail bar in town (which actually is not even 10 years old...). The Slippbarinn is located on the ground floor of the …
The Spirits Boutique bar is a small gem in Olbia, on the nort east Sardinian coast. The place is something between a bar and a liquors shop, created by bartender Emilio Rocchino with the idea of becoming a reference for the many bars and restaurants of the nearby Costa Smeralda (or at least for those …
A cocktail bar in Via del Pratello, the students' area in the city with the olderst university in the western world, where beer and wine is normally what you get (and not of the best quality)? Well, yes. The Macondo was a susprise for me too, a bologna former resident (with some experience of the …
Clark Gable also liked Martinis, actually he is the Hollywood character connected to the Martini Dry in the great book Cocktail of the Movies (highly recommended). In order to make them really dry, James Gannon, the newspaperman Clark Gable played in Teacher’s Pet, moisten the cork of a bottle of vermouth and then runs it around the …
As I often say, sometimes it is not you searching for the best bar, it is the best bar coming to you. Thai is what happened to me in Bristol, when after having searched for a good cocktail bar without success (despite the fact that the city is packed with bars, mostly students-oriented), I popped …
Expectedly, Rabat is not a cocktail city, especially if you want to avoid minstream hotels chains. But it is definietly a party place where you can get proper booze also in local places, such as the Palatino. The place is a cool and quite bar at 7pm, and a crazy and noisy grotto from 10pm …
The Martini Hour 