Best of Savannah 2009: Food
Best Overall Restaurant, Best Downtown Restaurant: Cha Bella 102 E Broad St (912) 790-7888 Executive Chef Matt Roher’s steadfast devotion to fresh, local ingredients makes eating here a pleasurable adventure. But, as Roher is quick to say, “the key is consistency.” With their own three-acre vegetable farm, Roher’s built-in fan base from his…
Best of Savannah 2009: Media
Best Local TV News Anchor: Sonny Dixon Former state representative and current media hot property on WTOC. Runner-up: Tina Tyus Shaw Best Local TV Sports Anchor: Frank Sulkowski WJCL/Fox 28’s go-to guy on the sports desk for the past three years. Runner-up: Rick Snow, WTOC Best Local Meteorologist: Pat Prokop WTOC stalwart is…
Summer film preview
Yeah, we know, we know: With X-Men Origins: Wolverine and Star Trek (among others) already in theaters, the summer movie season has already begun in earnest. But geez, it’s not like there aren’t plenty more reasons to check out our checklist of upcoming summer flicks — 45 reasons, to be exact. A couple of things…
Best of Savannah 2009: Shopping & Services
Best Bed & Breakfast: Ballastone Inn 14 E. Oglethorpe Ave. 912/236-1484 Luxury in a four-story antebellum mansion that has all the modern conveniences, with all of yesteryear’s charm – that’s the Ballastone Inn. The inn was once a private house built in 1838 by a cotton factor and banker. “The original owner had 12 children,”…
Best of Savannah 2009: Politics & Public Affairs
Best Charitable Organization: Coastal Pet Rescue Andy the terrier mix is one lucky dog. On May 1, the twelve pound, five month old puppy was adopted by Patricia and Curt Knight of Georgetown. “He has learned to fetch a ball, his bathroom habits are improving daily,” says Patricia Knight. “He’s got a lot of brains. …
Best of Savannah 2009: City Life
Most Eligible Bachelor: Bobby Deen After a hectic day at The Lady & Sons Restaurant, Savannah’s most eligible bachelor Bobby Deen prefers to head for the dock behind his house instead of hitting the town. Deen, 39, is co-owner (with brother Jamie) of the restaurant that’s put his family on Savannah’s tourism map. “I spend…
Best of Savannah 2009: Arts & Culture
Best Cultural Event: Savannah Music Festival And it just keeps getting better. This year’s 18-day event posted a 14 percent increase in ticket sales over 2008, topping $1 million for the first time. Recession? What recession? Runner-up: Savannah Film Festival Best Festival That’s Not St. Patrick’s Day: Savannah Film Festival SCAD’s 11th annual celluloid…
Best of Savannah 2009: Recreation, Health and Beauty
Best Yoga Studio: Savannah Yoga Center With 25 yoga classes per week offered by 10 certified instructors, the Savannah Yoga Center (SYC) more than lives up to its moniker. The classes offered seven days a week at the facility at Bull and Anderson Streets anchor a full complement of mind/body/spirit enhancing activities. The philosophy behind…
Best of Savannah 2009: Nightlife
Best New Bar, Best Beer on Tap, Best Restaurant Beer Selection: The Distillery 416 West Liberty Street (912) 236-1772 As packed full of quality food-and-bev places as Savannah can seem, there has been a hole in the market. “Savannah is looking for something other than fast food or gourmet dining,” says Michael Volen, owner of…
More on the ‘Savannah Tax’
Savannah and the ‘P’ word Editor, I read your article about the “Savannah Tax”. You did an excellent job of articulating the pervasive perspective that I have encountered in the 2 years I have lived in Savannah. I have never been in a city where the word Potential was so broadly used. To make matters…
Best bites: Sol, La Nopalero, Golden Breakfast
Tim’s restaurant hopping turns up intriguing and satisfying bites – covering everything from street food to fine dining. He picks three “Best Bites” every week to share with Connect readers: Sol In the wake of a first birthday celebration for Shelley Smith’s Eos, she quietly opened Sol, two blocks north of Eos. The synergy of…
Full Sail ahead!
We are entering a handful of weeks where beer after beer — all new to Savannah — will be streaming into the marketplace. Full Sail, a legendary Oregon brewer, docked last week and has already made waves among local beer drinkers. It’s no surprise when you know the Full Sail story, a tale laced with…
Angels & Demons
ANGELS & DEMONS ** Angels & Demons, the heavily touted follow-up to the international smash The Da Vinci Code, feels like nothing more than a cross between a Frommer’s travel guide and a scavenger hunt, as Harvard symbologist Robert Langdon hits all of Rome’s holy hot spots gathering up clues as if they were empty…
Mike Lowry Band at Loco’s
THE MIKE LOWRY BAND Although he’s just in his mid 20s, guitarist Mike Lowry has what veteran blues guys call an “old soul.” Said one reviewer: “His playing is very natural and fluid; much more blues mainstream, reminding me of a younger Eric Clapton with his phrasing.” Lowry, who recently left Tinsley Ellis’ band after…
Crosswalk safety addressed
It’s only May, but so far, Savannah-Chatham police have handled 30 accidents involving pedestrians, including some that proved fatal. On April 21, two Swedish delegates were struck by a pickup truck as they crossed Oglethorpe Avenue at Bull Street. Nils Eric Svensson, 61, died shortly afterward and Anne Christine Bjarkby, 45, was seriously injured. Because…
Rope a dope
A man returned home to his Cubbage Street house and found that someone had broken in through his front door, which was secured with a rope. The man said his house had been broken into in the past and he hadn’t been able to replace the door and locks, so he used the rope to…
What’s Next
Like Def Leppard, Bruce Springsteen and “Riverdance,” the Tibetan Monks of Drepung Loseling Monastery tour the country like clockwork every year – and when their act hits Savannah, it’s like a visit from an old friend. The monks return to the Telfair Museum of Art June 1-7. As always, their week-long residency will start with…
Pigskin and Pagliacci
Bass baritone Keith Miller joined the Metropolitan Opera’s permanent roster three years ago. These days, the handsome, square-jawed 35-year-old vocalist is in demand, a Grammy winner who’s paid his dues with Don Giovanni, Le Nozze di Figaro and Madama Butterfly and sings with regularity in the toniest opera houses around the world. Miller, who’s in…
Sympathy for the devil
Lead Story Convicted Oklahoma City bombing conspirator Terry Nichols, now serving a life sentence in the Florence, Colo., “Supermax” prison, filed a 39-page federal lawsuit in March alleging unconstitutional “cruel and unusual punishment” because the refined-food, low-fiber meals give him “chronic constipation (and) bleeding hemorrhoids.” He demanded fresh raw vegetables and other high-fiber foods, necessary…
Air embolisms
What’s the deal with air in your bloodstream being lethal? Is this true? I have to assume it is; presumably it’s the reason for tapping on a syringe to get the air out of it. But if so, how does it stop your heart? How much is too much? Is it 100 percent lethal? -Scott…
