7/10/2023 0 Comments Alex raskin antiques savannah![]() ![]() Though we didn’t have too much time to pop in shops during our afternoon stroll and quick jaunt the next morning around the city, we did manage to visit a few gems. Had it been lunch time, I would have been all over the tacos and the chipotle pimiento cheese! Shopping Foxy Loxy CafeĪ blog reader suggested a visit to this quirky coffee shop/Tex Mex cantina via Instagram, and although we would have loved to sample the Texan-Czech kolache, all we had room for, after our filling breakfast at Back in the Day, were a couple of tasty hot horchatas to accompany us on an unseasonably chilly spring morning. I’d be in serious trouble if I lived in the same city as the genius Everything is Everything biscuit – pepper jelly and sage-honey cream cheese on an everything biscuit. Back in the Day BakeryĪ trip to this famed Savannah bakery has been on my bucket list for ages and was well worth the years of anticipation. Housed in a former 1930s Art Deco Greyhound bus station, The Grey is the perfect blend of chef Mashama Bailey’s interpretation of southern cuisine, having grown up visiting Savannah as a child, with the culinary experience gleaned from her time at Prune in New York. Standouts from our dinner include the potlikker vinegar turnip cakes, the pecan-crusted sea bass with rice middlins, the spiced chutney and benne seed crackers, and of course, the snickerdoodle sundae, topped with ice cream from Leopold’s – a Savannah ice cream institution. ![]() Having moved our return flight back just two days before actually visiting Savannah, we were surprised (and so thankful) to snag the last reservation for two at The Grey, a restaurant that has been garnering quite a bit of buzz and well-deserved attention since it opened in 2014. Southern hospitality at its finest, the staff was incredibly helpful and seemed genuinely interested in all that we saw (and ate) during our stay. The rooms at The Brice reminded me of those of The Buchanan in San Francisco (another Kimpton property) and how a few unique, modern design elements go such a long way in adding a bit of playful personality to what might otherwise be pretty standard hotel rooms. We were lucky to be able to grab a couple of last minute rooms at The Brice, Kimpton’s boutique hotel right off of East Bay Street, a mere two days after Savannah swells in size for its famous St. Although Savannah is often compared to Charleston by those looking for quintessential southern cities, I find that the numerous tree-lined public squares (from one of the country’s first city development plans) make the city feel smaller and slightly more lush than its neighbor to the north. Neither my mother nor myself had ever spent any time in Savannah when we lived a few hours away in North Carolina, which we were quick to remedy, by seeing a great deal of the city in our brief, less than 24-hour stay. Thanks to a winter nor’easter, we ended up extending our spring trip down south by a day for an impromptu overnight in Savannah, Georgia. ![]()
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