Martini cocktails, martini bars and martini culture
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 …
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 Martini Hour 