re: Things to do in Savannah

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If you have some free time and a car this weekend, at Daffin Park is the Savannah St. Patrick's Day Rugby Tournament with about 100 teams from around the country, Canada, Ireland, and England.

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Wow this sounds awesome. I will have a rental car so I should be able to get anywhere with relative ease.

And any restaurant/bar recommendations would be more than welcome.

I've been told Savannah is similar to Charleston, which is awesome for me because Charleston is one of my favorite places I've been.

Going in a few weeks, keeping my eye on this thread

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i hope its not still raining when i get their later today

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It is still raining and supossed to be worse tommorow.

It's cold and raining here right now, but will be nice by the weekend.

River Street is not a tourist trap. There are cool places there in addition to the crappy tourist dumps.

For example:
Crab Shack is a good rec. There is one on River Street as well as on Tybee.

Rocks on the Roof on top of the Bohemian. Outdoor rooftop bar. Live music on Friday and Saturday nights.

Bayou Cafe-great live jazz until the wee hours.

Tubby's-food is decent. Sit outdoors and drink. Get Ship Shots for $1 when the ships go by.

Other places:

World of Beer-on Broughton Street It's a chain but the one here has a really good local feel. Live music on the weekends. Not sure about Thursday.

Southbound Brewing Company. Newer local brewery. "Tours" on Saturdays.

Crystal Beer Parlor-good food and beer. Been around since the 20's I think.

Leopolds-ice cream. Really good.

Fort Pulaski-good if you are a history buff.

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Rocks on the Roof on top of the Bohemian. Outdoor rooftop bar. Live music on Friday and Saturday nights.

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This is a good time.

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There are some good bars

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Indeed

Balls mentioned Kevin Barry's

Also:

Churchills
Moon River Brewing
Distillery
Rail Pub
Congress Street Social Club
Savannah Smiles (Dueling pianos)

Restaurants:

Vic's on the River
Jazz'd
Alligator Soul
Aqua Star (Inside the Westin on the other side of the river with great views of downtown. Just grab the ferry to get across)
Chive
Corleone's
Cha Bella
Tubby's (Great View of the river and should have live music)
Circa 1875
Leoci's Trattoria
Public
Local 11 Ten
The Olde Pink House
17 Hundred 90
Billy's Place
B. Matthews (Great brunch spot)

Bars

B&D Burgers (The one on Congress St. Sports bar and grill. Great outside seating area.)
Wild Wings (Another sports bar that should have live music outside during the day and upstairs at night)
Moon River (nice beer garden and brew their own beer)
Churchill's (Great roof top bar)
Rocks on the Roof (Get at least one drink here while you are in Savannah.)
Social Club
Molly's
Murphy's
Rail Pub
Circa
Jen's and Friends
Matahari (Speakeasy that a local will have to get you in)

IF YOU ARE HAMMERED:
Saddlebags (Live music, dance floor and electric bull)
Savannah Smiles (Piano bar. Bachelorette parties usually end their night here so a swing through here usually results in you being able to pick one of them off.)
These last two are the only ones on the bar list that have a cover charge.

Let me know if you have any questions on some and I can tell you more about the place.

I will only add that the hotel is the Hyatt Regency Savannah. Don't know how close any of the mentioned places are to me. I will definitely have a car but obviously walking is preferred.

It's a dirtier, grittier version of Charleston. Which isn't always a bad thing. You got a hell of a lot more dive bars and artistic people than in Charleston.

Check out Pinkie Masters and Chuck's Bar.