Monthly Archives: June 2009
Great BBQ and Goodbye…
Today is our last full day in the Savannah area. Actually, yesterday should have been our last day, but we decided to stay over an extra day to eat at a place we heard about on the radio, Wiley’s Championship BBQ.
Wileys
While driving around last Saturday, we were listening to a radio show about BBQ and they were taking to a guy named Wiley McCrary.
He talked about traveling around the country and competing on the Championship BBQ circuit.
I didn’t realize there WAS a Championship BBQ circuit.
But apparently there is a large group of people that compete in contests for money and prizes all over the country, just like golf or tennis.
And Wiley McCrary was one of the top guys in the country. And now he has a small BBQ place just outside Savannah. It only has about 8 tables, but he does a lot of takeout business and party catering.
And the BBQ was some of the best we’ve ever had. Jan had the pulled portk platter with potato salad and BBQ beans, and I had the rib platter with BBQ beans and sweet potato casserole, and then we shared the different dishes.
For dessert we shared the Bread Pudding with Pecan Praline Bourbon Sauce. And let me tell you, there was definitely bourbon in the bourbon sauce.
All in all, another great meal here in Savannah.
Tomorrow we head about 85 miles north to an RV park just outside Charleston, SC. We’ll be there for 3 or 4 days checking the place out.
The Lady & Sons…
Today we made a pilgrimage to Savannah’s holiest of holies, Paula Deen’s “The Lady and Sons” restaurant.
But it’s a two-part pilgrimage.
You can’t just show up and expect to get a table. And you can’t make a phone reservation unless you have a party of ten or more.
So, starting at 9:30 am you show up at the restaurant and get your name on the list. If you’re lucky.
Lunch is from 11 am to 3 pm. Dinner is from 5 pm to 10 pm.
We got there a little after 10 am and were not able to get a lunch time until 2:30 pm. If we wanted dinner, it would not be until 7:30 pm.
We picked lunch at 2:30. Since lunch was only served until 3 we were lucky we didn’t get there a few minutes later. And when we came back at 2:30 the earliest dinner opening was 9:30 pm.
Since we had about 4 hours to kill before returning for lunch, we headed over to a Babies R Us to pick up some baby gifts for our new great-niece and the soon-to-arrive baby of a friend.
After that it was to WalMart for our weekly ‘stuff’ acquisition trip. Then we drove around thru some of the neighborhoods before heading down the Interstate to the local Camping World.
By now it was time to head back to downtown Savannah and Paula’s. Her restaurant is a 3 story building that once housed the old White Hardware Company. It’s located about two blocks from the Savannah waterfront.
Paula Deen's 'The Lady and Sons' restaurant
The Lady and Sons Dining Room
At lunch, you have your choice of ordering off the menu, or partaking of the lunch buffet.
Needless to say, we picked the buffet. And it was a great choice.
Fried chicken, mashed potatoes, rice, cheese grits, sweet potatoes, collard greens, etc.
And great desserts.
It was all we could do to still walk when it was time to leave, but of course we had to leave thru the Paula Deen Gift Show.
And after that meal it was back to the coach for a nap.
