16/11/2025
Mixin' tunes at the classiest cocktail lounge on Pleasure Island!
The Martinez is where modern cocktails found their first real compass — whispered about in the early 1800s. 1887 #
It finally appeared in print in the last edition of Jerry Thomas’ book, marking the moment the drink stepped into history.
A blueprint of balance and elegance that still anchors the craft today. 1887 #
Tonight, that number means something more here.
Because while the Martinez was born in books and barrooms long before any of us, the name resonates at 8 Reale because of Cory Martin — not the inventor, not the drink’s origin point, but the man whose presence matches the cocktail’s profile: steady, layered, thoughtful, and impossible to overlook.
So when we raise a Martinez tonight, we honor both legacies:
the cocktail that shaped a movement,
and the man whose name lives in this room with that same quiet strength.
DJ kicks off at 9 PM.
Let’s make the night worthy of the name.
Crew on deck
#1887
