How A Cocktail-Fueled Lunch Became A Tax Break Loophole - Chowhound

Btrenkel/Getty Images There's a classic American businessman archetype in media — a middle-aged man in a well-tailored suit who builds an empire by any means necessary. He's hard at work, hard at play, and full of confidence (ego) and charisma. At the scene of every triumph and downfall lies a bottle of liquor. Fiction isn't so far from reality, and the three-martini lunch was a trend in the rocky history of…