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Owners Sam Trude and Sam Cooper, who are behind sibling concept Great White, also retooled the beverage menu, which now involves sake, beer and cocktails such as lychee martinis and a tiki-leaning banana-and-yuzu concoction.
—Stephanie Breijo, Los Angeles Times, 23 May 2024
Just as red-leather booths and dark oak paneling trigger the Pavlovian expectation of a frigid martini and a glistening rib-eye, intimate counters from Omaha to Austin to Chicago to Denver promise a multicourse procession of jewel-like fish flown overnight from Japan.
—Brett Anderson, New York Times, 21 May 2024
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Word History
Etymology
probably alteration of Martinez (cocktail), from the name Martinez
First Known Use
1890, in the meaning defined above
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“Martini.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/martini. Accessed 5 Jun. 2024.
Kids Definition
martini
noun
mar·ti·ni
mär-ˈtē-nē
: a cocktail consisting of gin and dry vermouth
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