The 1998 movie “Rounders” includes Martin Landau as part of the supporting cast, who plays Abe Petrovsky, a thoughtful and kind dean at the law school that Matt Damon’s character is attending.
During a pivotal scene in the film, Matt enters a bar, and sits down at a two-top table to have a conversation with the dean, whom he needs to ask for money.
“What are you drinking?” Matt’s character asks.
The dean replies, “Gin, always gin.”
The scene depicts the mostly-defunct era of trusting neighborhood bars that leave a bottle in front of you to allow you to pour your own drinks, if you are a regular.
This recipe is in homage to Martin Landau, who will always be Abe Petrovsky in my heart.
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The Abe Petrovsky
Ingredients
- 3 oz gin
- Room temperature serving glass
Instructions
- Pour gin into room-temperature rocks glass.
- Sip slowly, while reading a newspaper or book.