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Stone-ground white grits with sauteed Georgia shrimp, andouille or tasso ham, often finished with tomato gravy or a butter sauce. The canonical Lowcountry plate served at breakfast and dinner alike.
Lowcountry watermen ate shrimp over grits at breakfast through the 19th century, a working-river dish documented across Gullah Geechee communities from Savannah to Charleston. Bill Neal's 1985 Crook's Corner version (Chapel Hill) opened the dish to national restaurant menus; Elizabeth Terry and successive Savannah chefs adapted it for the city's dinner programme through the 1990s. Variations now run through every Lowcountry kitchen.
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Husk Savannah ★ 4.8
historic-district · 12 W Oglethorpe Ave, Savannah, GA 31401
The fourth Husk opened on Oglethorpe in January 2018, running the heritage-grain Lowcountry programme Sean Brock built at the original Charleston room.
Elizabeth on 37th ★ 4.7
thomas-square · 105 E 37th St, Savannah, GA 31401
Elizabeth on 37th opened in a 1900s Victorian mansion in 1981; Elizabeth Terry won James Beard Best Chef Southeast in 1995. Classical Lowcountry benchmark.
Vic's on the River ★ 4.3
historic-district · 26 E Bay St, Savannah, GA 31401
Vic's runs in a restored 1859 cotton warehouse on Bay Street, river views through the upstairs dining room. Classic Lowcountry, white-tablecloth service.
B. Matthew's Eatery ★ 4.3
historic-district · 325 E Bay St, Savannah, GA 31401
B. Matthew's has run from an 1850s building on East Bay for over two decades, brick walls and wooden beams under a daily-changing brunch board. A mainstay.
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