Savannah has excellent seafood restaurants, though locals also have a passion for spicy barbecued meats. Most of the River Street restaurants are high-volume and touristy. The Historic District yields a culinary cache, but mainstay restaurants can no longer live off their laurels. Several of the city's restaurants have drawn members of the culinary upper crust to the region for decades; others, such as the restaurant owned by Paula Deen, the Southern Queen of the Food Network, are more recent. Savoring the local flavors should not be limited just to the Historic District. You'll soon discover that good, even fine dining, can be found on nearby Tybee Island.
