Funky Cold Martinis

The city's new dirty martinis are easy, breezy and literally cheesy

- KATE DINGWALL

LAST YEAR'S it drink, the dirty martini, calls for just a few simple ingredients: gin or vodka, vermouth, and olive brine. But, at Slice of Life, a modernist bar on the outskirts of Kensington Market, the off-menu cocktail gets an added kick from a left-field ingredient: blue cheese--one of the more divisive dairy products. "Recently, blue cheese-stuffed olives have become a popular dirt