Martini cocktails, martini bars and martini culture
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 …
"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 …
Probably the best bar in Brussels, L'Archiduc is there since 1937. You ring a bell on the street and you enter into a wonderful art deco bar, with high roofs, balcomies and a coda piano in the very middle. The atmosphere is informal but classy, the music is perfect - from jazz to funky to …
The Martini Hour 