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Posted: 7/26/2024 5:56:22 PM EDT
Like the title says. The wife and I are spending the day in the city. Any recommendations on food, stores, and sites?

I’m really interested in antique stores. I’d love to do the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth but I’m trying to be nice to with wife.
Link Posted: 7/26/2024 6:01:07 PM EDT
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Leopolds Ice Cream
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Fort Pickens Pulaski. There was a seafood restaurant on Tybee Island way out in nowhere that was excellent. Take a driving tour of the old houses.
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The Crab Shack on Tybee Island is a must visit for sure ??
Link Posted: 7/26/2024 6:18:54 PM EDT
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Find the movie Midnight in the Garden of Good and Evil and watch it
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Forrest Gump bench was in Savannah.
Link Posted: 7/26/2024 6:20:30 PM EDT
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You mean Fort Pulaski? If so, it's great. Fort McAllister is worth a trip, too.
Link Posted: 7/26/2024 6:22:13 PM EDT
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The Pirate House has very good food. Take the tour.  Neat history to the place.
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You mean Fort Pulaski? If so, it's great. Fort McAllister is worth a trip, too.
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You mean Fort Pulaski? If so, it's great. Fort McAllister is worth a trip, too.

Thanks for the correction. Pickens was the last one I visited. I got the first letter right at least!
Link Posted: 7/26/2024 6:25:00 PM EDT
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Wife and enjoyed one of the ghost tours.

I think there are some antique stores a block or two south of River Street.

River street itself is pretty cool with shops and such.


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John the Babtist Cathedral. Palmetto State Armory, Didn't really find any Outstanding restaurants in the area.
Link Posted: 7/26/2024 6:29:15 PM EDT
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Mrs. Wilkes

The Olde Pink House sit at the piano bar
Link Posted: 7/26/2024 6:30:28 PM EDT
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Well I could have done that. I want tier 1 tactical arfcom recommendations.

I need places that won’t tell me my shirt has to completely cover my gut and that my open carried Hipoint offends them.

Link Posted: 7/26/2024 6:32:50 PM EDT
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Forrest Gump bench was in Savannah.
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That wasn't part of the city, the production crew built it for filming and then removed it. The backdrop still looks pretty much exactly the same though.
Link Posted: 7/26/2024 6:35:12 PM EDT
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Always a great suggestion.  Arrive early, at least 30 minutes early.  Crystal Beer Parlor as well, sit in the bar.
Link Posted: 7/26/2024 6:38:56 PM EDT
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Things to do

Places to eat


Well I could have done that. I want tier 1 tactical arfcom recommendations.

I need places that won't tell me my shirt has to completely cover my gut and that my open carried Hipoint offends them.

OP is alright.


LOL
Link Posted: 7/26/2024 6:40:36 PM EDT
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Vinnie Van GoGo’s for some kick ass pizza, The Pink House for some fine dining.
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I've spent a LOT of time in the area since my grandparents lived nearby on Skidaway.

Something kind of unusual/fun would be to go to Pin Point where Clarence Thomas grew up.  There's a museum in the former oyster packing plant, it doesn't take all that long to see.
Link Posted: 7/26/2024 6:57:18 PM EDT
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8th Air Force Museum!!!


https://www.mightyeighth.org/


ETA:  Whoops.  Failed reading.  OP mentioned this.

But my wife loved the place...



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Boars Head restaurant on River St. Haunted tour and just walk around down town. Go the the hanging sq.
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Huey's for breakfast. Great shrimp and grits and beignets.
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Shell House is what you seek.
Link Posted: 7/26/2024 7:24:32 PM EDT
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Went once. Was surprised at how ghetto it was. Haven’t been back.
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I've spent a LOT of time in the area since my grandparents lived nearby on Skidaway.

Something kind of unusual/fun would be to go to Pin Point where Clarence Thomas grew up.  There's a museum in the former oyster packing plant, it doesn't take all that long to see.
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    Went there most every summer and went fishing at Myers lake.
Link Posted: 7/26/2024 7:39:07 PM EDT
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Zunzis and Urban Deli are overrated imo
Link Posted: 7/26/2024 7:40:45 PM EDT
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I like Savannah, it will be hot as fuck but I think you’ll both have a good time there.

If you go to Wormsloe plantation, go early
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Concur.


Boomy's for some of the best thai/vietnamese food I've ever had
Olde Pink House for finer dining
Treylor Park has been pretty decent most of the times I've been
Vinne Van Go Go's for awesome pizza.
Link Posted: 7/26/2024 7:43:54 PM EDT
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The Crab Shack
Tondee's Tavern
The Old Cotton Exchange

All three are great food.

Fort Pulaski
Old Fort Jackson
Mighty 8th Museum
Bonaventure Cemetery

All are awesome.  I'll add the GA railroad museum too.
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Martin Luther King boulevard has the Spanish moss trees I like but yeah it’s a bit ghetto in that area. The soul food restaurant I ate at there was not bad although prices were higher than expected. Looked like half the people around there were surprised to see me in that AO
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Those and there are some on the Riverwalk that are good as well
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The upscale pricy restaurants are generally solid choices if money isn’t an issue
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Yeah these kind of restaurants are worth going, just not somewhere I can eat often given my $15 or less lunch budget
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Huey's isn't a bad option for brunch/lunch on the river.
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Kevin Spacey apologizes to Anthony Rapp, comes out as a gay man
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Concur.


Boomy's for some of the best thai/vietnamese food I've ever had
Olde Pink House for finer dining
Treylor Park has been pretty decent most of the times I've been
Vinne Van Go Go's for awesome pizza.
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It’s crazy I go to these filming locations in places you hardly see an Asian walking around but the town’s best food is Thai or sometimes Japanese etc.

Completely surprised me to see this over and over
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A lot of my family is buried in that cemetery.

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If you're into the paranormal, I recommend taking a walking ghost tour at night. At the very least you get to go into some historic houses and buildings that aren't normally open to the public.
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I want to visit this museum so bad.
Link Posted: 7/26/2024 8:01:41 PM EDT
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The bar under the olde pink house is my favorite bar on earth. And I’ve seen a lot of bars.
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Interesting history

At Augustine Florida where the Spanish forces were stationed faced off Savannah and Charlotte, SC plus some French and pirates thrown in to spice up all the wars
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I’m guessing mostly focused on civil war era history?
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This and...
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Link Posted: 7/26/2024 8:16:32 PM EDT
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Head north to Charleston.
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Well I could have done that. I want tier 1 tactical arfcom recommendations.

I need places that won’t tell me my shirt has to completely cover my gut and that my open carried Hipoint offends them.


The upscale pricy restaurants are generally solid choices if money isn’t an issue


The fine dining options in Savannah are quite good.
Link Posted: 7/26/2024 8:22:21 PM EDT
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That wasn't part of the city, the production crew built it for filming and then removed it. The backdrop still looks pretty much exactly the same though.
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Forrest Gump bench was in Savannah.


That wasn't part of the city, the production crew built it for filming and then removed it. The backdrop still looks pretty much exactly the same though.


That's not what the tour guide told us.  They did move a park bench to that particular spot that wasn't usually there.  But the church and park were right there in downtown Savannah.
Link Posted: 7/26/2024 8:24:24 PM EDT
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I used to eat at flying monk noodle bar way too much.

Another+1 for Mrs Wilkes.

I liked getting drinks and snacks at rocks on the roof.
Link Posted: 7/26/2024 8:24:39 PM EDT
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There is a really cool small museum in town. I can't remember the name of it. Basically one guys stuff. It had a lot of military stuff.
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Charleston also has great restaurants, lots of history and hot humid August weather
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