Martini cocktails, martini bars and martini culture
A Martini in Matino is a Matini? Foscolo is a cocktail bar and a restaurant in Matino, a beautiful tiny village in Salento, Puglia, Italy. If you don't know what Salento is, that is one of the greatest spots in Italy (tip: avoid going in August) with plenty of old villages, great seaside, and all …
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 …
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 …
 Barbados is not a place where you'll find many cocktail bars, unless you want to end up in a 5 stars hotel sipping a rum punch (which is very good by the way). Still, a small gem is hidden on the island: the Scarlet bar. You'll have to look for a totally scarlet wooden house on the …
 Some bars are landmarks in history. For example, since 1923 the bar of the Copacabana Palace - one of the first hotels built on the beach of Copacabana - has been serving drinks to the world jet set. Today you have two choices: the Bar de Copas, a  poshy bar where the rich Cariocas go to …
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The bar at the Hotel Cala del Porto is not precisely a Martini bar, but if you happen to pass by this wonderful corner of Tuscany, and you feel like having an expensive but perfect rest, this is the place. Not only you'll be able to sip your dring by looking at the wonderful marina of …
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A poshy restaurant and bar in Santo Domingo, the Mitre is the place to go to experience some dominican high-society fauna. It has a nice terrace, wonderful food and more than decent martinis. The music volume is high and the place gets crowded after dinner, all in all, it deserves a visit if you are …
Ubud, the wonderful cultural heart of Bali, has many extremely nice bars and restaurants, many of  which serving Martinis, but to be fair the Bali bartenders tend to mistreat our cocktail:  they love to shake and shake and shake, and they often add some Dry Martini at the end  of the preparation... After trying many …
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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 Martini Hour 