The Abe Petrovsky
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.
Ingredients
- 3 oz gin
- Room temperature serving glass
Instructions
- Pour gin into room-temperature rocks glass.
- Sip slowly, while reading a newspaper or book.