In honor of St. Paddy’s Day, we were challenged to come up with mostly green drink ideas. Maybe they are a little kitschy, but isn’t kitsch a big part of the celebration? So here is one worth raising a glass for — and there’s not a mug of green beer in sight. -- Rosalind Bentley

Ian Macken, bartender at Meehan’s Public House in Vinings, named this drink after the public transit system in his native Dublin. “It’ll get you where you want to go, both the transport and the shot,” he said. Serve this with a square of bittersweet chocolate and you could call it a Naughty Girl Scout.