Georgia / Atlanta
Bar Margot
Deep velvet banquettes and a martini poured with hotel-bar patience, a few steps off a Midtown lobby.
Getting in
Off the hotel lobby, no reservation needed.
Order this
Gin martini, very cold
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The Savoy Cocktail Book
Harry Craddock's 1930 compendium, written while America was dry and London was not.
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