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New York Cocktails -> Martini

As the story goes, this now-classic New York cocktail was simply known by bartenders at the old Fifth Avenue Hotel as "one of Mr. Martinez' drinks" — for Alejandro Martinez, local bon vivant and man-about-town.

Despite Martinez' later efforts to disavow any connection with the drink (a true gentlemen would turn his nose up at gin) the name stuck ....

Ingredients:

How to Make It:

Fill a large mixing glass with ice.

Add gin and dry vermouth, and stir vigourously.

Strain into a cocktail glass and garnish with olives or lemon twist.