The “Dirty” Negroni Was Bound to Happen
It was only a matter of time before dirty Martini mania came for spritzes, highballs and more.
- story: Amanda Arnold
- photo: Lizzie Munro
It was only a matter of time before dirty Martini mania came for spritzes, highballs and more.
A recent spate of mashups proves that the Italian coffee and cocktail of the same name were meant to share a glass.
The Chartreuse-spiked Martini has inspired a range of modern takes, incorporating everything from satsuma-infused gin to Midori and more.
Just a few years ago, the low-key, fizzy category was wine’s coolest new fad. Now it’s practically endangered.
Once an essential element of the classic formula, bitters have become absent, or an afterthought, in many modern Martinis.
Are bars simply cashing in on the romanticization of the drink, or is there something more to the new raft of Martinis that top $40?
Now that we’ve cycled through myriad updates to the ’90s originals, a new, thoroughly modern ’tini is emerging—and it breaks even more of the rules.
If the luxury ice arms race, with its captured glaciers and imported Japanese cubes, inspires climate dread, you're not alone.
A perfectly round citrus coin, a cleaved cherry, a circular jelly cutout perched atop a cube of ice—at today’s top bars, geometric minimalism is the new visual language.
In the age of the postmodern cocktail, some bartenders are leaving behind the category that played a leading role in the renaissance.