The Lady

Last Friday night we ate at the famous Lady and Sons restaurant in Savannah. Getting a reservation is quite a big deal now that the Food Network has made Paula a star. Thursday night after arriving in Savannah we made our game plan for Friday. The plan was to eat lunch at Mrs. Wilkes House and then dinner at The Lady and Sons. We were told to go get in line at 3:30 for dinner reservations for Paula's. So we had it all planned out which sights to see and still get to Paula's by 3:30 to get our name on the list.

11:30 rolls around and we are in line at our FAVORITE Savannah stop, Mrs. Wilkes House (see Holly's and Lacie's blog posts) when we noticed the two ladies in front of us in the winding line had bags from the Paula Deen Store. So we asked them if they had already eaten there and how was their experience. They told us that they had just gotten their dinner tickets for tonight. What dinner?!?!? You were not supposed to get dinner tickets until 3:30... and once they are gone, they are gone. You are out of luck! SO Heather whips out her cell phone in lightning speed and dials Paula's. The hostess tells her they are taking 8:30 reservations right now. So Heather asks to put our names on the list. No can do... you have to come in person! Then Heather asks when should we come in person and the girl responds right now!

Now you see, Mrs. Wilkes is about 20 blocks from Paula's and we had found a PRIME free parking spot earlier that morning. So we had no choice. Lacie and I took off RUNNING through the streets of Savannah - boas, flamingo bags and all! Let me tell you, I am no runner. Lacie is. So as I was getting winded after about 5 blocks we stumbled upon Forsyth Park...WHAT?!?! We were going the WRONG direction!!! So now we turn around and RUN our little feet off in the right direction towards Paula's to get our names on the famous list for dinner.

20 LONG blocks later, we get there. The hostess tells us they have one more reservation for 8:45 - the last of the evening! So of course we took it. As we were walking back to Mrs. Wilkes, Lacie remembers - oh no! We have already reserved a $26 ghost tour for 9:00!!! There was no way to do both! So, we whip back out the cell phones and call Holly and Heather as they are waiting at Mrs. Wilkes. We decided that Paula was more important than the ghost tour. So I called the ghost tour people just to see if we could change our reservation. YIPEE!! They still had four slots for Saturday night! So now we were in the clear - Paula tonight, ghosts tomorrow night.

As we briskly walk back to Mrs. Wilkes, Lacie and I are trying not to die laughing at the sight we were to the people around us. Just picture it... 2 30 somethings in pink boas and the big tote bags running down the street! We did get honked at a couple of times! haha Then we started thinking about our adorable husbands and how they would just roll their eyes at us! (which they did!!!)

So 8:30 rolls around and we got to Paula's early. Here's the outside!

They sat us at our table pretty quickly. Then a delightful girl brought us a Southern specialty - hoe cakes and a yummy biscuit!
And of course there was more sweet tea! This was my favorite tea - the mint leaf added a little something extra!
Since we were still stuffed from Mrs. Wilkes FABULOUS meal, we all got something small - shrimp and crab dip and crab cakes for our table. Besides we wanted to save room for Key Lime Pie. Apparently Key Lime Pie is quite a "Savannah Thing." This pie was everywhere and even featured on postcards! So we got 2 pieces to split between the four of us. Let me say - best.dessert.ever. My mouth is watering just looking at the photo!
And of course on our way out we took our feet picture!
Eating at The Lady and Sons is a must in Savannah. However, it was not my favorite. The ambiance was the same as "Any restaurant USA" - nice dark wood tables, wood floor that looked new, dim lights. I was expecting a home-y place with a little more character. But would I eat there again? ABSOLUTELY - for the Key Lime Pie if nothing else!