Martini cocktails, martini bars and martini culture
Do you feel lost in Budapest, like Chico Burque in his book, and only a martini can save your life? If so, the Boutiq'Bar is the place you are looking for. The bar is intimate but full of life and laughs, classy but modern, local but international, and most of is the place where …
Before entering the Carousel Bar in the Hotel Monteleone, in New Orleans, I was convinced that - at the end of the day - good bars are good bars, but they all are quite similar, the rest are details. Then I sat at the bar, I ordered a Martini (sorry, a very good Martini) and …
In the very centre of Bologna lays Palazzo Bentivoglio, a massive 15th century building that used to house the ruling family of the city. In one corner of the palace, the private chapel of the Bentivoglio family is still there, with its high ceilings, original paintings and statues, and a very unique athmosphere. Now, what …
If you believe that a small city like Bologna cannot have a first-class Martini Bar, take a stroll to Kartabianka. Recently opened by three of the best bartenders in Italy, this is the place to be for some serious drinking in town. Go there at the aperitivo time and enjoy some quite chatting with professional …
The Bombay Club is a New Orleans miracle: you walk 3 minutes away from the noisy, crowded, lively, colored and crazy Bourbon Street and you enter in a space of relax, soft music, and especially fantastic drinks. The website site says "A leather bound martini list contains over 100 different specialty martinis, each stirred—not shaken—to …
With no doubts one of the best skybars in the world, on the 64th floor of the State Tower in Bangkok, it is an elegant and unique bar. The bar is open air, the view is astonishing, the service and the Martinis list are impressive. The South East Asian Martini, with lichi and ginger, deserves …
Born out of a joint venture between D&G and Martini and in the hearth of the fashion district in the centre of Milan, the D&G Martini Bar is a must for Martini fans visiting Italy. The place is wonderful, with a huge glass chandelier in the middle of the room (if you try to take …
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Classy small bar in a 5 star hidden beautiful Hotel in St James, London. The story says that Ian Fleming was inspired here for the famous Martini that always accompanies Mr Bond. To keep the tradition alive, the perfect Italian bartender cwill invite you to a Vesper Martini, that uses the original Ian Fleming's favourite …
In the 50s the Harry's Bar was the heart bar of the Dolce Vita in Rome. Today the place deserves a visit for both the decadent atmosphere and for the good cocktails. The Martini is served with chilled gin in a chilled glass, with no stirring at all. Classic Martini rate: 7/10.
In the old days a famous bar for leftist east-Berlin intellectual, the Wuurgengel (the name comes from El angel exterminador by Luis Buñuel, 1962) has still plenty of groove: go there at 7pm to enjoy a quite Martini, and stay until late to see the place getting crowded with very interesting people. In between you can …
The Martini Hour 