Thursday, May 31 – My friend Greg said that we absolutely
MUST have lunch at Mrs. Wilkes Dining Room, a legendary restaurant in Savannah. They are only open from 11am-2pm for lunch,
and all guidebooks advise visitors to get in line EARLY in order to get a seat. Well, we didn’t get into town until after
1pm, and thought we would just walk over and check it out, assuming that we
probably wouldn’t get in. We arrived
exactly at 2pm, opened the door and asked “is it too late?” The answer was no – just wait for 5 minutes
and they were setting up one more table!
There were seven other people waiting, and we looked around
to see if there was a menu to take a peek at.
No luck. A couple of minutes later,
they called all nine of us over to a big family-style table – the picture says
it all. We just started passing dishes
and filled up our plates with traditional southern cuisine. The fried chicken was amazing, and so was the
BBQ. There were TWENTY-ONE side dishes
passed around. Sweet tea was pre-set at
every seat, so if you wanted unsweetened, they’d swap it out. We sat next to a German couple from
Dusseldorf who are doing a 4-week road trip throughout the South, and Brian and
his wife from Austin, who were in town on business. The meal was finished off with the option of
blueberry cobbler or banana pudding.
Then, they reminded everyone that as is Mrs. Wilkes tradition, all guests
please bring your own plates to the kitchen to clean up.
Wow – what an amazing start to our Savannah visit! Thanks for the suggestion, Greg!
NICE!!!!!!!!!
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