Savannah, Georgia — culinary walking tours

Take a stroll through Savannah’s flavors.

Five stops, one unhurried morning. We walk the squares at a dawdle and taste as we go — grits under the oaks, something cold on Jones Street, a pan on the heat in a working kitchen, and a picnic waiting at the end.

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The route Five stops

Sketched from the squares out Roughly a morning

Bull Street Where we meet, and where the walking starts.
Chippewa Square Oaks, a bench, and a bowl of grits.
Jones Street Cobbles, porches, something fried.
The demo kitchen A pan on the heat, and your questions.
Forsyth Park Picnic boxes on the grass, or packed to go.

The walk — five stops

The squares first. Then the kitchen.

We keep the walking easy, the tastings generous, and the conversation going. Here is what the morning looks like, stop by stop.

A bowl of shrimp and grits on a worn wooden table in a Savannah dining room — Stop one — served in the shade of the square

Stop 01 of 05 — Chippewa Square

Under the oaks, a shrimp and grits that tastes of the sea.

We begin where the trees are oldest. There is a bench in the shade and a bowl in your hands, and no hurry at all — stone-ground grits, sweet coastal shrimp, and a spoonful of tomato gravy over the top.

Stand still a moment and you can hear the city doing its morning: a carriage wheel, a screen door, somebody sweeping a step.

The pairing

Shrimp & grits

Eat it slowly. The square is worth the pause, and there is a second spoon if you want it.

A quiet Savannah square in early morning light with live oaks and Spanish moss — Stop two — the walk between the squares

Stop 02 of 05 — Jones Street

Down Jones Street, where the porches lean in close.

Jones Street is the prettiest walk in the city and we take it at a dawdle. Cobblestones underfoot, jasmine somewhere above, iron railings painted and repainted for a hundred summers. We stop halfway for something cold and something fried.

You’ll pass a dozen front doors worth photographing, and the smell of somebody’s supper through an open window.

01 The cobblestone crossing, best taken slowly
02 Window boxes and iron balconies, three shades of green
03 A shaded bench we almost always stop at

The pairing

Fried green tomatoes & pimento cheese

Tart, cornmeal-crisp, and cooled by a spoon of pimento cheese on top. Cold sweet tea alongside, because the afternoon will ask for it.

Hands stirring a pan during a cooking demonstration in a home kitchen — Stop three — the dish comes together in front of you

Stop 03 of 05 — the demo kitchen

Then we step inside, and the cooking starts.

A pan goes on the heat and a dish comes together in front of you — the roux, the rice, the seasoning that never gets written down anywhere. You taste as it goes. You ask whatever you like.

01

Watch

Butter, onion, celery, pepper — the smell that tells you supper is on its way. Nothing hidden, nothing rushed.
02

Taste

Everything gets a spoon, and there is always more where that came from. This is the part of the walk where you sit down.
03

Ask

How long the roux took, where the rice was milled, which little shop around the corner is worth the detour.

Picnic boxes & gift baskets

Or carry the whole stroll away in a box.

Not everyone wants company on the walk. Our picnic boxes come packed with bread, cheese, fruit, something sweet, and a cloth to sit on. Gift baskets take the same pantry home with a ribbon around it.

A picnic box being packed with bread, cheese and fruit on a kitchen counter — Packed for the park, or for the drive home

OrderPicnic box

Made for two and made for a bench — in Forsyth Park under the trees, or on a patch of grass down by the river. Everything is ready to eat when you open it.

Bread & cheese
Fruit in season
Something sweet
Cold drinks
A cloth to sit on

Order a picnic box

SendGift basket

The same pantry, wrapped and ribboned. For a host, a thank-you, or someone who couldn’t make the trip down this year.

Savannah pantry staples
Pecan sweets
Tea & preserves
Wrapped and ribboned

Browse gift baskets

Planning for a crowd

We also run cooking demos and private group walks. Tell us the date, the number of guests and what you have in mind, and we’ll shape the morning around you.

Tickets & boxes

Book the walk. Or just the box.

Tickets are sold online and the walk is kept unhurried, so there is room for questions at every stop. If you’d rather eat on your own bench, order a picnic box instead.

A guided walk through the squares
A tasting at every stop
A cooking demo in the kitchen
A list of places we’d send you for the rest of your trip

A small group walking along a brick street in Savannah on a morning food tour — Morning on the walk