The Speaky Trail

Night Runs / Atlanta, Georgia

The Downtown Ghost Signal

Atlanta — four stops, one password

Start at a phone booth, end under carved tikis. A compact downtown run that moves from cigar-smoke formality to rum-soaked nonsense in under a mile.

4 stops · about 4 hours

  1. 1Red Phone Booth

    Downtown · Atlanta, GA

    Get the password before you leave the house. Start with the Old Fashioned and a seat near the back.

    Order: Rye Old Fashioned, stirred over hand-cut ice

  2. 2Bar Margot

    Midtown · Atlanta, GA

    Ten minutes north. One martini, standing up, to reset the palate.

    Order: Gin martini, very cold

  3. 3Trader Vic's

    Downtown · Atlanta, GA

    Downstairs into 1976. Split a Mai Tai; you have one stop left.

    Order: Mai Tai, the original recipe

  4. 4Blind Willie's

    Virginia-Highland · Atlanta, GA

    End with a horn section and a Sazerac. Cover charge is worth it.

    Order: Sazerac