After being closed for a year because of COVID-19, Good Times Jazz Bar & Restaurant has finally reopened and returned to providing the excellent food and music that made it an essential spot for jazz lovers in Savannah.
“We’re excited to be open,” said Chef Joe Randall, the legendary Savannah chef who came out of retirement to share his expertise with the restaurant. “It’s one of those things where we waited a year in order to get things right and want everybody to be safe.”
Good Times celebrated its grand reopening with an invitation-only event featuring fine wine, hors d’oeuvres, and an all-star band.
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Though it just opened in January of this year, Ada’s On The River in Alexandria’s Old Town has already become the subject of laudatory profiles in national publications and dubbed as one of the best restaurants in the Washington D.C. metropolitan area.
The reason? Ada’s secret weapon: Chef Randall Matthews.
The Executive Chef and native of District Heights, Maryland, has taken helm of the restaurant’s menu which includes wood-fired prime steaks, fresh seafood and vegetarian fare all set to the sweeping views of the Potomac River. In a word, the food is delicious. But in a city often overshadowed by its neighboring sister of D.C., his efforts come as no small feat, coupled with the fact that just 14.7% of chefs and head cooks identify as Black, the lowest percentage of category by gender, race and ethnicity, according to a 2020 study from the
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