We cannot let this week pass without mentioning that Negroni Week is still underway until Sept. 28. Nine of the city’s finer watering holes have special drink menus featuring the bitter and sweet cocktail, crafted in Italy around 1919. When you sip and savor, know that you are also supporting the global Slow Food movement.
Artillery Bar, 307 Bull St., Savannah, artillerybar.com
Collins Quarter at Forsyth, 621 Drayton St., Savannah, forsythpark.thecollinsquarter.com
The Green Room at Hotel Bardo, 700 W. Drayton St., Savannah, staybardo.com
The Grey, 109 Martin Luther King Jr. Blvd., Savannah, thegreyrestaurant.com
Joe & Vera’s, 23 W. Broughton St., Savannah, joeandveras.com
Graffito, 400 W. River St., Savannah, plantriverside.com/savannah-restaurants-bars/graffito
Repeal 33 Bar & Restaurant, 125 Martin Luther King Jr. Blvd., Savannah, repeal33savannah.com
Perry Lane Hotel, 256 E Perry St, Savannah, perrylanehotel.com/peregrin-homepage
Smol Bar, 2421 DeSoto Ave., Savannah, twotidesbrewing.com/smol
Or drink responsibly in the comfortable confines of your home with a classic or any number of variations highlighted at negroniweek.com/recipes.
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The Negroni Sbagliato at the Hotel Bardo cooking class.
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A little longer
Last week, we reported that Casa Guava Café would close its doors at the end of this month. A couple of days ago, the Cuban eatery updated their plans. Their doors will remain open at 314 Drayton until the end of the year.
Update on Olympia Café lease
According to Joshua Peacock, press secretary for the City of Savannah, the selection committee is being assembled to review six proposals for the ground floor of the Thomas Gamble Building. Six businesses submitted responses to the sealed bid proposal process, per Georgia Code OCGA 36-37-6.
Those businesses include:
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Galaxy Café (the Olympia Café), the current occupant and lease-holder
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Parker Scott Properties, Inc.
Peacock confirmed that the evaluation committee will likely make a recommendation in early November to Savannah City Council before the current lease expires Dec. 31 this year.
If you have any dining news to share, send it our way to Amy Paige Condon at ACondon@gannett.com. Tonight, Sept. 24, I’ll be in conversation with Anela Malik, author of “American Soul: The Black History of Food in the United States,” from 5:30 p.m. to 7:30 p.m., at Davenport House Museum, 323 E. Broughton St., davenporthousemuseum.org/public-programs.
This article originally appeared on Savannah Morning News: Savannah dining updates for the week of Sept. 24, 2025