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Airy steakhouse and sushi spot Room at Twelve (400 W. Peachtree St., Atlanta) keeps a collection of signature cocktails at the ready. The shaken Rosemary Lemon Drop gets vodka, Cointreau, sour, a trickle of rosemary simple syrup and the lip-puckering juice of an entire lemon. Polish potato vodka buddies up with carrot and ginger juice and more in the Carrot Gingertini. One question: Do the liquid carrots cancel out the prospect of blurred vision?

TEQUILA MARTINI

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The Carrot Gingertini is among the signature cocktails at Room at Twelve.
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You're hankering for a martini, but the home bar is barren of gin and vodka. That's when the tequila and vermouth come in handy. The folks at Beam Global Spirits & Wine stuffed this recipe in our stocking a little early. They suggest shaking together two parts of Hornitos Añejo tequila and a dash of dry vermouth, pouring the mixture into a martini glass and garnishing it with a lime twist. "Here's your drink, Senor Bond."

HOOKAH UP A COCKTAIL

Guests at Divan (3125 Piedmont Road, Atlanta) can combine the restaurant's Persian and Mediterranean cuisine with a signature cocktail and the puff of a hookah pipe. Some are raising Pomegranate Martinis with pomegranate-infused vodka, pomegranate juice and a blip of orange water. Others are tipping back White Tea Martinis. White tea basks in Grey Goose Le Citron vodka and a splash of orange juice. And patrons are firing up hookahs at half price 6:30-7:30 p.m. Tuesdays-Sundays.

— Jon Waterhouse

IN THE DRINK

Carrot Gingertini

2 oz. Polish potato vodka

1/4 oz. tangerine vodka

1/4 oz. Cointreau

1/2 oz. fresh carrot and ginger juice

1/4 oz. ginger simple syrup

Carrot and ginger juice: Juice carrots with a little raw ginger. Store in a container and shake before using. Discard after one day.

Ginger simple syrup: Fill the basket of a coffee maker with diced fresh ginger. Fill the machine with water and run a full pot. Dump brewed tea into larger container and keep adding sugar until it becomes syrupy.