Hotel Serves Up $10,000 Martini

[jeffrey]

From washingtontimes.com

New York's Algonquin Hotel, once the haunt of 1920s literati like Dorothy Parker, is making a fresh bid for notoriety by offering a $10,000 martini cocktail.

The vodka, vermouth and olives are much the same as in any martini, but the twist lies in the "ice" — in this case a diamond from the hotel's in-house jeweler, the Daily News reported yesterday.

So far, no guest has had the thirst for glamour or the checkbook required to order a "Martini on the Rock," but hotel General Manager Anthony Melchiorri told the newspaper that he was hoping to catch some wealthy suitors looking for a unique marriage proposal... Entire Story Here