Charleston and Savannah

One Day in Savannah

Why did we combine a stay in Savannah with our trip to Charleston? Two Words. Mrs. Wilkes.

As a southernor, I take great pride in my heritage and the food of the South. Fried Chicken, black-eyed peas, collard greens, cornbread, sweet tea, pecan pie, peach cobbler, and let’s not forget barbecue. Don’t get me started on barbecue. You might be reading a lot longer than you have already invested.

Mrs. Wilkes’ Dining Room is a famous restaurant offering Southern home cooking. The restaurant was run for several decades by Sema Wilkes, from 1943 until her death in 2002. Her family continues to run the restaurant today. It is true homestyle serving. Guests are escorted in shifts into the dining room, where a variety of dishes are already on the table. On this day, we could choose from fried chicken, slow cooked barbecue pork, sausage, squash casserole, sweet potatoes, mashed potatoes, white rice, gravy, okra, green beans, black-eyed peas, turnip greens, lima beans with cornbread and biscuits. I am sure that I am forgetting something, but you get the idea. I think I had a little of everything except okra. Not a big fan of okra.

If you are really interested, Mrs. Wilkes has an excellent cookbook. Another famous restaurant in Savannah is Lady and Sons (Paula Deen, I stood in line (a requirement) to get reservations for two in July 2006. I like Paula Deen (the owner of Lady and Sons and Food Network host), but Mrs. Wilkes is better. By the way, Savannah has a really good pizza place. Vinnie VanGoGo’s Pizzeria is the best pepperoni, sausage and mushroom pizza I have ever had.

We stayed in the Noble Jones Suite at the Hamilton-Turner Inn. It is a very impressive bed and breakfast, but we only stayed for one day and missed breakfast.

Not too much to report, except that this was the place that DeeDee and I got engaged. LOL.

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