Savannah Beer, Wine & Booze

Historic District North · tapas

A Bay Street wine bar named for its street number. The bar adds that 208 'symbolizes manifesting wealth and abundance' and then admits, 'It's also our address.' Wednesday nights are Bubbles & Blues with singer Laiken Love, and Tuesdays bring five dollar tapas toppers. Readers voted it best wine bar in Connect Savannah (2022) and in Savannah Magazine (2026).

Tybee Island · seafood

A-J's is on the Back River, the quiet side of the island away from the ocean. Visit Tybee describes sunset views over calm water and suggests sitting on the back dock 'to really get a glimpse into island life'. It is a dinner house, closed Tuesday and Wednesday by the hours the Main Street directory posts.

City Market · mexican

A Congress Street live music bar. Visit Savannah says it books 'regional and touring bands every Tuesday through Saturday night', from blues and country to funk and jam bands, shows games on a 25 foot projection screen and serves Mexican food from Orale Tacos. Connect Savannah readers voted it best overall bar, best downtown bar and best bar for live music in 2022.

Broughton Street · bar food

A bar, kitchen and ten duckpin lanes in the basement of the old Woolworth's building on Broughton Street. Savannah Agenda reported it opened on 7 March 2025 under Harley Krinsky and Chris Godfrey, who also own Congress Street Social Club and Sorry Charlie's Oyster Bar, with food from the Sorry Charlie's kitchen. Garden and Gun (April/May 2026) called it 'one of Savannah's welcoming small concert venues' for regional rock, funk and blues.

Sandfly · $$ · seafood, lowcountry, burgers, american

Castaways is in the Shops at Sandfly, recently renovated and built around executive chef Kirk Blaine, a Savannah native who trained at the Culinary Institute of America in Hyde Park. The menu is seafood, wings, sandwiches and burgers with Lowcountry touches. Dogs are welcome, there is indoor and outdoor seating, and solo acts and small bands play. Its line is 'Where Everyone is Family'.

Historic District North · british, pub food

A three-level British pub on Bay Street: a basement room called Winston's Wine Cellar, a wood-paneled street-level bar and what the pub calls 'Savannah's first open-air rooftop terrace.' Savannah Magazine notes live music on Fridays and Saturdays and a house Cobblestone Lager. Happy hour runs 3pm to 6pm, Sunday to Friday.

City Market · bar food

Social Club sums itself up as 'Good Vibes. Great Bites. Bourbon Wall Worth Climbing.' It has a large outdoor area with live music, a late-night grill and a dog friendly patio, and calls itself 'one of Savannah's preferred independent concert venues.' It posts some of the latest hours downtown, open until 3am six nights a week.

Tybee Island

The Savannah Jams guide (24 March 2026) describes a classic Tybee dive, 'loud, salty, no-frills', with blues and rock bands on Saturday nights from 9pm to 1am and no cover.

Sandfly · seafood, coastal, caribbean

Driftaway has been in Sandfly since 2001, run by the husband-and-wife team of Robyn and Michele Quattlebaum. They call the cooking 'Casual Coastal Cuisine' ... fresh catch specials with some Caribbean influence ... and the motto is 'good food, good company, Savannah style'. There are patios, live music, brunch, and a private room for gatherings.

Tybee Island · seafood, american, pizza

Fannie's is the pink-roofed building across from the beach on the Strand, which Visit Tybee describes as three floors of oceanfront fun. You can sit inside, streetside or upstairs on the open-air deck, where there is live music on weekends. The site calls it 'a funky little restaurant across from the beach' and says its Sunday brunch and Bloody Marys return in the fall.

Wilmington Island · seafood

Savannah native Mike McMahon opened the Flying Fish in 2007 after years in the seafood business, aiming for local traditional flavors in a relaxed room. It sits on US 80 on the way to the beach with a patio and live music on weekends. Savannah Magazine lists it for families whose children are happy with fried shrimp, the screens and the patio.

Tybee Island · pizza, american

A pizza bar set back from Highway 80, nowhere near the beach strip. Savannah Magazine readers voted it the Pizza winner in Best of Savannah 2026. The Savannah Jams live music guide (24 March 2026) lists bands in 'the backyard courtyard' on Friday and Saturday nights from 10pm to 1am.

Historic District North · tapas

A below-street-level tapas and martini bar near Ellis Square that calls itself 'swank, sexy & sophisticated.' Live music runs Fridays and Saturdays ... blues, swing, jazz, classic rock and Americana ... and the bar says it plans to add more nights. Connect Savannah readers named it a finalist for best martini in 2022.

Habersham Village · bar food, burgers, wings

A Habersham Village sports bar that sums itself up as 'Cold beer, legendary Bleu Chips, and every game on the big screen.' The kitchen does burgers, wings and fried crab claws, and there is live music on Friday and Saturday evenings. Savannah Magazine readers voted it runner-up for best sports bar in 2026.

Tybee Island · american, bar food

Nickie's is a bar and grill on Butler Avenue at the south end, one block from Tybrisa Street. The Main Street directory posts it open until 3 a.m. every night, which makes it one of the latest kitchens-and-bars on the island by posted hours. It took part in Tybee Island Restaurant Week in August 2026.

Tybee Island · seafood, caribbean, sandwiches

North Beach Bar and Grill sits between the Tybee lighthouse and the beach, and Visit Tybee describes it as mere feet from the sand, a place that welcomes sandy toes. The cooking is seafood with a Caribbean lean ... fish and chips, shrimp, tacos and fish bites ... and the site says it buys local, sustainable seafood. There is a full bar with craft beer, patio seating and live music.

Tybee Island · american, bar food, seafood

A Tybee sports bar with 16 HD TVs, a projection screen, pinball, air hockey and video games, plus wings, burgers, seafood and gator bites. Visit Tybee lists it among the island's nightlife stops for 'Karaoke, neon lights and hip music', dancing, darts and pool. First responders and military get 10 percent off.

Tybee Island · wings

A dive across Butler Avenue from Nickie's with a game room: pool, pinball and arcade machines. The Savannah Jams guide (24 March 2026) lists a Wednesday open mic from 8 to 11pm and says it is known for wings.

City Market

A dueling piano bar that calls its nights 'a Rock-n-Roll party.' Two players take requests, joke with the room and keep the singalong going. The room holds nearly 500 people with seats for more than 250, nobody under 21 gets in, and Monday to Wednesday it is rented out for private events.

Tybee Island · seafood, american

Sting Ray's is on Butler Avenue, Tybee's main strip, with what Visit Tybee describes as a spacious outdoor deck shaded by colorful beach umbrellas. The DMO lists fresh seafood and live music.

City Market

The Rail Pub says its building 'has been everything from a watering hole for railroad laborers, to a boarding house and a brothel since its opening in 1890.' Karaoke runs, in the pub's words, 'every damn night @ 9pm.' Fridays are Free Fried Chicken Fridays with live music in the yard, and the website counts down the days to St. Patrick's Day. Happy hour lasts all day on Monday.

River Street · bar food

A River Street dive that advertises the 'Coldest, Cheapest Beer in Town.' It has live music every weekend and an open mic night every Thursday. Connect Savannah readers named it a finalist for best River Street bar in 2022, and the bar's site now carries a Connect Best of Savannah 2026 badge.

Starland District · bar food

The Wormhole calls itself 'your favorite neighborhood dive and music venue', a casual place 'with an artistic flair and charm.' It says it may host 'a concert of any genre you can think of (metal, swing, country, punk, electronic, flamenco...)', plus stand up comedy and a long-running open mic that Connect Savannah readers voted the city's best in 2022.

Tybee Island · southern, seafood, pizza

Beach Party is the Tybee room of Savannah's Treylor Park group, opened in 2024 in the building that held the Tybee Island Social Club. Cofounder Trey Wilder lived on Tybee for four years and told tybeeisland.com he did not want to lose any of the old club's character. The renovation added a bigger deck, a longer bar, more parking and a walk-up window for people coming off the beach. The patio has a sandpit for kids, and the week includes trivia on Wednesdays and live music.

Thunderbolt · seafood, southern

Tubby's sits on River Drive in Thunderbolt, looking across at the Wilmington River where the shrimp boats dock. The kitchen is known for fried shrimp and fresh catch done grilled, fried, blackened, broiled or steamed. The week has a rhythm of its own: live music Thursday through Sunday, line dancing on Tuesdays and Thursdays at 5, bingo on Wednesdays at 7. It belongs to Savannah's Live Oak Restaurant Group, which also runs Molly McGuire's on Wilmington Island.

City Market · irish, pub food

Wexford takes its name from County Wexford, because, the pub says, more than half of Georgia's Irish emigrants in the famine years of the mid-1800s came from that county. The interiors were imported from Ireland. Co-owner Jennifer Strickland took a 10-day eating tour of Ireland to shape the menu, then spent 18 months developing dishes with chefs Jason Cummings and Dustin Hambrick. The pub books live Irish music and a courtyard lineup of local players, and Savannah Magazine readers voted it best pub in 2026.