I find it hard to believe that I grew up in Atlanta and before a few years ago, had never heard of an Arnold Palmer. That may because it’s not actually a Southern drink, even though it is made of equal parts lemonade and iced tea shaken over ice. And it’s named after a golfer and golf is, well, big in the South — there is that little thing called the Master’s, after all. But people think it’s from the South — they want it to be from the South, so I’ll go with it. (It was purportedly invented at the Cherry Hills Country Club in Englewood, Colorado.)

But now to pose another timely question: Should it be served with booze — most often vodka, but sometimes bourbon — or without? And who makes the best one in Atlanta?

South City Kitchen’s Drunken Palmer, above, is my fave: a long, tall mix of lemonade, sweet tea, vodka and Southern Comfort that begs for a hot afternoon, a winding wraparound porch and outfits topped off by hats and sport coats (they need not be green).