Hey Y'all ...

One phrase that is definitely associated with the South and with myself is "Hey Y'all". This has been a common greeting for many years, but it has more recently become more noticeable thanks to a lovely little lady in Savannah named Paula Deen.

As many of you know, Paula and her sons have a restaurant in Savannah that has become wildly popular. I had been to Savannah many times but never had the opportunity to eat there (nor was it that popular when I first went to Savannah). During my recent trip, we decided that we would stop by The Lady & Sons and see if we could get in.



Many of you who have been to The Lady & Sons know about their reservation policy and sometimes how long you have to wait to get a reservation. Some people get in line before 9am to obtain a lunch reservation. We decided that we would try to eat on a Sunday for the all-you-can-eat-buffet. But, as we were touring Savannah on Saturday, one of our stops brought us near The Lady & Sons right around noon. We walked down to the restaurant and found a nice sign by the hostesses booth saying "no more reservations" or something. So we inquired about what time we needed to be there to get reservations for lunch or dinner. She asked us how many were in our party and we replied "two" and to our amazement (and probably everyone else who was standing there) she said "well if you don't mind sitting on the third floor, we can seat you right now." Talk about nearly jumping for joy.

We went in, still not realizing we were truly eating at Paula Deen's restaurant. It is fairly rare that you can just "walk right up, sit right down" at The Lady & Sons, but I guess it must have been my lovely Southern charm that got us seated, haha!




The food was lovely. We had the Southern style buffet and our favorite was the mashed potatoes -- anyone know her secret for keeping them so creamy? We stuffed our little selves as much as we could and still managed to have room for dessert. Fortunately a nice stroll around Forsyth Park after lunch is what you need to walk-off the calories consumed at Paula's!



If you're going to Savannah, you definitely need to try to eat there. The price really wasn't that bad (honestly, it was about the same price as eating at a Golden Corral but the food is much better!). It is definitely an experience and something you can say you have done. Just remember, eat at The Lady & Sons and then go walk-it-off at Forsyth Park and enjoy the beautiful scenery.