Bring Back the Pravda Martini

Yes, I said ostentatious *vodka* Martinis

A couple of weeks ago I found myself staring down a Martini glass at a place I thought was dead, but is, in fact, very much alive. Temple Bar, for my first ten or so years in NYC felt like one of those places where only fancy people with fancy jobs and a lot of money went, and it just didn’t seem like somewhere I’d enjoy. And then, thanks to the magic o…