Give up on your fantasies of street food coming to Savannah, or Georgia. Under the state’s food code, it’s virtually impossible to comply and make the kind of street eats us rabid foodies lust for while watching “Bizarre Foods” or “No Reservations.”

By now you’ve certainly run out of holiday leftovers, which means it’s also time to return to your favorite lunch spots for quick and cheap eats.

I have lamented the desperate lack of authentic Chinese food in the area. I don’t need to feel like I’ve walked into a Szechuan roadside diner, but gosh, some traditional cooking styles, seasonings and presentation of a few dishes would go a long way to making me smile.

Southsiders really have a road trip ahead if they’re looking for a plate of mom and pop-style barbecue. There is an option: the corporate ’cue restaurant Sticky Fingers at the corner of White Bluff Road and Abercorn Street.

In October 2010, I last reviewed Green Truck Pub on Habersham Street. Since then I’ve been in only a few times for a beer at the bar, and a handful of other times to eat, because I can’t seem to get into this wildly successful neighborhood spot.

I’ve been in a mall food court exactly six times in the past decade, each time to satisfy an acute Cinnabon fixation.

I don’t really trash a joint in this column. This really ticks off my critics, who believe criticism should be based on personal taste and limited to some sort of foie gras and unicorn dream that a perfect meal waits around every corner.

Stews loom large in the typical Puerto Rican’s diet, and that works out great for me. I was in the mood for something rib–sticking and warming — carne guisada con papas (beef stew with potatoes) was sure to hit the spot.

Savannah’s largest homeless shelter, The Salvation Army, serves three meals to approximately 330 people each day. That would be nearly impossible without the help of one woman, The Salvation Army’s lead chef, Lotchie Coleman.

Pardon me if I gloat about the best biscuit I’ve ever eaten. That speaks volumes to anyone who knows I grew up with homemade biscuits at every meal. As a chef, I prepared hundreds of dozens of scratch biscuits. A critic or two, albeit they were Yankees, raved about my biscuits. But last week I carefully savored my way through a world class biscuit near 34th and Barnard streets. Cafe Florie occupies a tiny concrete ...

With a name like Flip Flop Tiki Bar & Grill, you would expect a warm ocean breeze blowing across your table while pelicans soar overhead. But that’s not the case for this new addition to the historic district dining scene.

Eyes that watch the organic food industry were all on Savannah last week. Why? The Desoto Hilton hosted the biannual meeting of the National Organic Standards Board, where several key decisions made will impact what food products get the organic stamp of approval. The 15–member NOSB, composed of farmers, enviromentalists, scientists and retailers, submits organic policy recommendations to the United States Dept. of Agriculture and the National List of Approved and Prohibited Substances. On the ...

Breakfast options for downtowners grew by another entry with the opening of Henry’s Breakfast and Lunch, easily accessed at the corner of Congress and Drayton streets.

The pursuit of genuine ethnic food rages on — and I’m happy to report a find in Savannah Filipino Authentic Cuisine off Waters Avenue at 70th Street.

Thousands of Savannah’s visitors and just as many locals know Vic’s on the River as a comfortable and elegant dinner destination. In an age when menu prices keep climbing and climbing, Vic’s still maintains great value in an unsurpassed setting on the city’s historic riverfront.