Are Two Olives Bad Luck?
One or Three's a Charm When It Comes to Martinis, But Nobody Knows Why.
Back in 2019, I was on a photo shoot at The Grill for my book The Martini Cocktail, when photographer Lizzie Munro suddenly halted proceedings. She would not photograph the Martini the bartender had just prepared. It had two olives in it.
Two olives, she explained, is bad luck. A Martini must have either o…