Itinerary
Sample the Best of Savannah's Culinary Itinerary
By Brittany Howard
Our city is packed with flavor. Savannah's culinary itinerary has been properly seasoned and marinated to perfection, so irresistible you'll sink your teeth into it.
This flavorful map will uncover a few of our most treasured secrets (of course, there are many more). Prepare to stick a fork in it because this itinerary - is DONE.
Store Some Fuel With These Breakfast Options
These breakfast spots are sure to butter you up.
- Let the food coma begin with Collins Quarter's Leo's Big Brekkie. This breakfast platter comes with applewood bacon, two eggs, country-style pork chop, pan-seared mushrooms and tomatoes, three-seeded toast, chicken sausage and baked beans.
- You'll be happy to stand in line for Goose Feathers' handmade sweet croissants filled with your choice of almond, apple, blueberry cream, chocolate, cream cheese, strawberry cream or raspberry cream.
- Dottie's Market's divine Blue Plate special includes eggs, grits or hash browns, bacon or sausage, greens, cornbread and roasted tomatoes. What a way to start the day!
- Attempt to resist eating Mirabelle Cafe's Lemon Zinger Waffle with your hands, served with lemon-lavender curd cremé, housemade raspberry, cardamom jam and whipped cream.
Beat the Lunch Crowd
Get ahead of the line with these lunch options.
- The Public Kitchen & Bar's Curried Prince Edward Island Mussels are sautéed to perfection with garlic, ginger, lemon grass, thai basil, simmered in a red curry coconut broth with lime leaves and toasted bread.
- Little Duck Diner's Bi Bim Bop Bowl is piled with spicy steak and rice, pickled red onion, tomato, kimchi, pickled carrots and daikon, cilantro and cucumbers.
- Vic's On The River's pan-seared fresh catch is served with rice pilaf, butter beans, roasted red pepper relish and lemon beurre blanc. Add a Maine lobster tail to any entrée.
- Gryphon Tea Room's Brined Orange and Ginger Pork Tenderloin comes with herb-roasted sweet potato hash, charred broccoli with a hint of maple, and topped with a fried egg, served with a spinach, blueberry, walnut, gorgonzola, and balsamic vinaigrette salad. An outdoor bistro table with a gorgeous view of Madison Square is optional (hint, hint).
Hors D'oeuvres That are Hard to Share
Be sure to order enough for the table with these shareable starters.
- Prepare your palette for Local 11ten Food & Wine's tempura-fried eggplant with cherry pepper aioli, lime leaf furikaki, honey and mint.
- You'll quarrel over the last bite of Repeal 33's tarte flambée with creme fraiche, bacon, onions, Emmentaler cheese and date syrup.
- The Emporium Kitchen and Wine Market's gnocchi with mornay, taleggio, hominy and truffle is irresistible.
- Olympia Cafe's tiropitakia are tiny triangles of filo dough filled with delectable feta cheese.
- We know it will be difficult, but you must share Baobab Lounge's cheese board. This grazable spread features a Chef Selection of five cheeses, f.r.o.g. jam, dried apricots, walnuts, grapes and flatbread.
Main Course (Reservations Highly Encouraged)
These headlining courses call for an encore.
- Try Chive Sea Bar & Lounge's grass-fed Lamb Chop - marinated and grilled with red curry sauce, served over flavorful vegetables.
- Country fried chicken is coated and seasoned just right at The Olde Pink House. This Southern entree is served over a bead of mashed potatoes, and tender collard greens drizzled in Vidalia black pepper gravy.
- 45 Bistro's Wet Aged Ribeye is espresso dusted and grilled to perfection, with roasted fingerling potatoes, sautéed asparagus and herbed demi-glace.
- The Grey's raw bar is saltwater goodness. Delicate oysters are served on the half-shell.
- Cha Bella's farm-to-table reputation speaks for itself with their Georgia White Shrimp & Crab Risotto - an incredible blend of Parmesan, green beans, cherry tomato, and chardonnay-tarragon pan sauce.
- Rhett's Rhett Smash Burger gives you double the beef patties and is topped with American cheese, red onion, pickles, and Norfolk sauce, served with Old Bay fries.
- Elizabeth's on 37th's seasonal Chef's Tasting Menu will play on the senses and call attention to this culinary artform.
Drinks You'll Cheer For
Allow a few of our most sought after bars to sip their way into your hearts.
- ARCO Cocktail Lounge + Coastal Fare's classic Blood Orange Martini mixes Absolut peach, cranberry, blood orange and fresh lime. *Mocktail option, The Genco Freedom - amethyst lemon, cucumber, honey and seltzer.
- It's all Smoke & Mirrors at Artillery Bar. Savor a unique infusion of Mezcal Verde, yellow chartreuse, housemade blackberry & sage shrub, lemon and blackberries.
- Raise a glass with Peregrin's Monarch cocktail mixed with Butterfly Cannon Tequila, lime, agave, prickly pear liqueur and serrano pepper. *Mocktail option, French 108 - seedlip garden, lemon, simple syrup and ginger ale.
- Top Deck's Top Deck Mojito is a step above the rest with Veev Acai spirit, Sugar Island Coconut Rum, mint, seasonal berries and lime.
- A classic never goes out of style. Try Edgar's Proof and Provision's Old Fashioned. Chattanooga small batch bourbon, simple syrup, angostura bitters, luxardo cherry and orange shave.
- Congress Street Up's Chatham Artillery Punch is equal parts rum, brandy, bourbon, lemon juice, and sugar, shaken together and topped with sparkling champagne. A satisfying nod to the original recipe.
You'll WANT to Leave Room for Dessert
Discover how sweet it is with these dessert favorites.
- Nothing Bundt Cakes individual White Chocolate Raspberry bundt cake allows you the perfect excuse not to share.
- Lulu's Chocolate Bar's Signature Strawberry Suspension Cake is two decadent layers of rum-brushed chocolate cake with a center of mascarpone cheese with strawberries suspended inside. A sleeve of chocolate holds the cake together on the outside.
- Grab a scoop or two of District Gelato's Cookie Dough Chip Gelato at Plant Riverside District. Be sure to add whipped cream and warm caramel sauce to top it off.
- Savannah's Candy Kitchen's Savannah Pralines are handmade with love combining Georgia Pecan halves, fresh cream, sugar and real butter.
- The Peach Cobbler Factory shines a light on a Southern staple combining various fruit combinations such as peach, blackberry, mango, sweet potato and more. Of course, they remembered the ice cream.
There is much more to savor in Savannah. Discover how diverse our city's tastebuds are through our complete food & drink catalog.
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