Georgia / Savannah
Artillery Bar
A former militia armory turned marble-and-brass cathedral of drinking, where phones stay pocketed and the ceilings do the talking.
Getting in
Jacket-adjacent dress code. No phones on the bar.
Order this
Champagne cocktail
Your passport
Prohibition Original rooms like this one are catalogued across the trail — see every prohibition original bar.
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The Savoy Cocktail Book
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