Mrs. Wilkes' Dining Room - Savannah
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    • Description:

    • Remember the days of the boardinghouse, when everybody sat together and belly-busting food was served in big dishes in the center of the table? Before her death in late 2002 at the age of 95, Sema Wilkes had served breakfast and lunch to locals and travelers in just that manner since the 1940s. Bruce Willis, Demi Moore, and Clint Eastwood are on the long list of celebrities who've dined here. The tradition continues. Expect to find a line of people patiently waiting for a seat at one of the long tables in the basement dining room of this 1870 brick house with curving steps and cast-iron trim.

      Mrs. Wilkes believed in freshness and planned her daily menu around the seasons. Your food will be a reflection of the cuisine Savannah residents have enjoyed for generations -- fried or barbecued chicken, red rice and sausage, black-eyed peas, corn on the cob, squash and yams, okra, corn bread, and collard greens.

    • © Frommer's 2013

    User Reviews for Mrs. Wilkes' Dining Room

    •  

      So much food!

    • The quality is impeccable, but it's not often I can say the same about quantity in most places. Mrs. Wilkes' is not most places. The restaurant is not at all like most restaurants....

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      I am a Fried Chicken Expert!

    • My grandmother used to make the best fried chicken and she would entice me everytime when she made it. Since then, I have been trying fried chicken and rating it per my grandmother's...

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      Fun and friendly with great fried chicken

    • This family-style restaurant offers up some of the best true Southern food I have tasted since my grandmother's. Bring a hearty appetite and a fun, friendly attitude. You will...

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    Awards:

    Frommer's
    Frommer's
    •  Recommended 2010
    • Details

      • Contact:

      • visit website
      • tel: +1 912 232 5997
      • fax: +1 912 233 8970

      • Address:

      • 107 West Jones Street
      • West of Bull St
      • Savannah, GA 31401

      • Payments:

      • mastercard visa

      • Hours:

      • M-F 11a-2p

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