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Savannah, Georgia's pristine parks and drooping live oaks provide an idyllic backdrop for a culinary scene that's deeply rooted in the local landscape. Local seafood reigns supreme here but as you'll see, Savannah has restaurants for every type of diner.

Atlanta chef Terry Koval of Decatur restaurants the Deer and the Dove and B-Side was a big winner at this year’s James Beard Awards.

Speakers include freestyle skier, a former Inspector General of the Army, and local James Beard Award winning chef and restauranteur

Spring won’t be officially underway until March 20, but you can’t prove it by me. All of spring’s delights have returned, along with a few seasonal inconveniences, but unlike our

On the Cherry Bombe podcast, Bailey described the Grey Diner Bar at the Thompson as having a “more cohesive dining experience" than the original in Savannah, which serves snacks like Hoppin John and fried chicken and landed on Esquires list of best bars in America in 2018. She said the partners would also operate a Grey Market at the hotel, which Bailey and Morisano have long described as a North-meets-South hybrid of a bodega/lunch counter. 

Listen 11 min MORE John Morisano said he never had a conversation about race, gender, class, and culture with his business partner, Mashama Bailey, until they started writing their book. Photo by Marcus Kenney. A Black chef from Queens and a white business entrepreneur walk into an abandoned Greyhound bus station. Mashama Bailey and John O. Morisano converted the space into an award-winning destination restaurant in Savannah,...

Listen 57 min MORE “Picking tea is literal hands-on labor,” says Charlene Wang, as she explains how colonialism still affects the market for it. Photo by Charlene Wang. Sri Rao brings his book about Indian cuisine and film to the stage as he presents “Bollywood Kitchen” at the Geffen Playhouse. Mashama Bailey and John Morisano opened The Grey in Savannah, Georgia, and in their new book, they tackle  race, gender, cla...

Marcus Kenney + Ten Speed Press The Grey opened in Savannah, Georgia, in 2015. It was promptly named one of Esquires Best New Restaurants. Five years later, we called it one of the most influential restaurants of the 2010s. Then, in the midst of the pandemic, we named it one of 100 restaurants America cannot afford to lose. Why this fandom for the Grey? In part, the food, which is incredible. And in part because a Black chef and a White restaurateur who didnt know each other all too well took ...