The Divine Dish

Lunch at Paula Deen’s The Lady and Sons in Savannah

The Lady and Sons, Savannah

I had to dine at the Lady and Sons, Food TV personality Paula Deen’s restaurant, while I was in Savannah.   I marched in determined to exercise self control, but my resolve melted like the bars of butter on a hot biscuit once inside.

The menu reflected Deen’s heavy use of butter, showcasing tradition Southern cuisine.  I was immediately served the aforementioned cheese biscuit along with a hot hoecake and a big pitcher of maple syrup.  The biscuit had a  chewy and cheesy outer crust. Inside it was soft and fluffy.  The hoecake was equally yummy.  I could have eaten a dozen of these and not had anything else.  After three weeks, I am still dreaming about these biscuits and hoecakes.

cheese biscuit and hoecake

I opted to start with some fried green tomatoes, as I was told by locals this was the best place to eat them.

Fried green tomatoes

These were delicious.  Crunchy on the outside and sweet on the inside with a great tomato relish on top.  I ordered the buffet so I could try everything and made my way to the nice salad bar, which I quickly passed to head straight to the hard core down home Southern dishes.

Buffet at lady and sons

The buffet featured baked and fried chicken, pork, all sorts of beans, rice, gravy, collard greens, sweet potatoes and mac and cheese.  I tried to count how many bars of butter that all adds up to and stopped at 20, resigning to the fact that this was just going to be a big calorie lunch.

Chicken, two ways

Pork, rice and potatoes

gravy and all types of beans

collards, sweet potatoes and mac n cheese

Here is what my finished plate looked like before I dove in.

My plate

I finished about half of this and the waitress said I should go back and eat more.  Everything was delicious.

Having lunch at The Lady and Sons

Inside at the Lady and Sons

After I thought I could not eat another bite, they brought me over some peach pie.

Peach pie

After lunch, I rolled out of my seat next door to visit the Paula Deen store, where you can buy everything Paula.  Paula shirts, books, kitchen items, spices, you name it, Paula has produced it.

Paula, Paula and more Paula

If you are visiting Savannah and want to try some traditional Southern comfort food, head to The Lady and Sons.  Be sure to make a reservation well in advance as fans of Paula Deen pack the restaurant daily.  Lunch is served from 11 am to 3 pm, dinner begins at 5, Monday through Saturday.  Located at the corner of Whitaker and Congress in downtown Savannah, 912/233-2600 for reservations.