Stefano Pasini

 

 

 

THE TEMPLES OF THE COCKTAIL MARTINI

 

 

Gerry's Bar, Grand Hotel et de Milan

 


Pity that the small picture, taken from one of the least pleasant sites in today's web, can't show the fascination of this grand old establishment. The Grand Hotel et de Milan has not changed much from the times when Giuseppe Verdi lived there; its bar is confortably full of that sombre, Milanese austerity that does not refuse luxury, just manages it with the ease coming from being used to money. Marco Makaus recommends it: who are we to discuss his opinion? We just agree with this famed connoisseur, sit down on the age-cured sofas of the Gerrys Bar and enjoy this peculiar Martini.