Martini cocktails, martini bars and martini culture
The Boadas is a legendary place. It is said to be the oldest cocktail bar in Spain, and the place where Hemingway used to drink his mojitos when in the Catalan capital. Legends apart, the story is the following: the founder of this bar, Miguel Boadas, established it in 1933, bringing to Europe his bartendering …
Most probably the best Martini Bar in Indonesia, the Cafè Batavia is hosted in what is said to be the second  most ancient building in Jakarta, looking over the beautiful Kota square. The bar is simply marvellous, classy and wooden as it should be; the wals are covered with hundred of pictures (the owner collection) …
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 …
The Sazerac Bar, in the old and classy Roosvelt Hotel in New Orleans, is a historic bar where the famous (at least in New Orleans) Sazerac cocktail was invented. If you are into Martinis, I suggest you do not  get a Sazerac or you'll feel like being surrounded by sugar. The bar is very good, …
The bar of the Dukes Hotel is without any doubt one of the world temples of the Martini, serving between 300 and 350 Martinis per night, an incredible number for such a tiny bar. Hosted in a 5 star beautiful Hotel in London, in a rather hidden street of the St James quarter, this is …
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 …
"Alguma coisa acontece no meu coração. Que só quando cruza a Ipiranga e a avenida São João...". Caetano Veloso names the corner of Ipiranga and San Joao, downtown Sao Paulo, in one of his marvellous songs, and in this vey corner you will find one of the most lively, musical, and enjoyable bars you can …
Did you like the movie "Lost in translation"? If so, you should not miss the bar where one of the most wonderful scenes has been taken, the New York Bar on the top of the Hyatt Hotel in Tokyo, at the 52nd floor (235m up in the air!!). You have not seen the film? Never …
A very classic bar in the centre of Vienna. Forget Mozart and Sissi, take an elevator until the last floor of the building in front of the most central and beauttiful church of the city, and you'll be in the Sky Bar, a top-level american bar with fantastic bartenders and with a nice atmosphere (apart …
The Martini Hour 