Martini cocktails, martini bars and martini culture
Martini, jazz and history go well together. If this is true, a good martini in an historical jazzclub should be "the" experience you are looking for. You can find this in many clubs in NYC and beyond, but here we are talking of something more. We are talking of drinking your thing in the very …
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 …
Clarksdale, a small and sleepy village along Route 61, is the "ground zero" place of the Delta blues, the place where Muddy Waters played his first chords, and the place where Mr Robert Johnson sold his soul to the devil. Do you need something more to be convinced to pass by? Yes, a good bar. Well, …
If you were the major of Lima, what would you do if you would find, in the middle of the city, a pyramid dated around the 5th Century, from the pre-Inca era? Of course, restore it and open it for tourists. And then? Open a top-class restaurant, with a nice bar aside, so that Martini …
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 …
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 …
Beautiful bar in uptown Barcelona, this is a temple of Martini. Opened in 1978 by famous catalan bartender Javier de las Muelas, the "Martineria", as natives call it, is a whole Martini experience and an excuse to visit Barcelona. Perfect music, fantastic bartenders (old style Catalan guys), and especially a cure in every ingredient and …
Well, Andres Carne de Res is not a Martini bar, it is a circus, a daylight dream, a  world exhibition of human intelligent craziness. You still can get a Martini there, so here we go. You have to travel some 45 minutes to the outskirts of Bogota to reach it, and once you are there …
What is the most chic city in the world? Before you reply, think of a city that hosts a bar that is also a very high-end flowers shop, and that serves only top-level champagne and vodka. Well, this bar is in Paris, and you got your answer. The incredible thing is that the Bar Fleurs …
The Martini Hour 