A Brief History of the Martini and Where To Drink'Em In the French Quarter of New Orleans
--Read Time: 8 Minutes-- May I reiterate: If there is an alpha cocktail in the cocktail kingdom, it is the martini. It is dead sexy as a leopard. Invites play like a kitten. And has as many aliases as this stray cat following you home for a drinkie: Martinez, Gibson, Turf Club, Dry Martini, Very Dry Martini, Dirty Martini, Perfect Martini, Burnt Martini, Bronx.(1) The story of its origin is brief. It appears in the late 1800's. We don't know who invented it. We don't know whe