St. Patty day weekend - Oyster houses? -- and opinions.

Hi all, A group of 7 friends and I are visting Savannah on Friday and Saturday. I wanted to ask some of the locals some questions and opinions.

First question is traffic into Savannah. We are coming from Atlanta on I16. Will I16 be backed up at all? Around 2-3pm on Friday.

Can anyone recommend some good raw oyster/seafood houses downtown? I read everything on river st. will be packed out with extremely long wait times to eat. Is there anything a few blocks away we can sit down and eat yummy raw oysters?

Saturday night we have reservations at the Olde Pink House. We are then walking to Trustees theater for the Bela Fleck show. Are there any pubs in walking distance to these two places? I saw Churchills is close by on Google earth. Also can anyone compare the food quality of the Chart House to Olde Pink House?

Thanks for any info. We are looking forward to this trip and enjoying your town! :)

St. Patty day weekend - Oyster houses? -- and opinions.

I would guess I-16 will be busier than normal but it will be a breeze to someone used to Atlanta traffic. Where were you going to exit and where are you staying? When you exit the freeway you will be entering the realm of insanity right after the parade.

There will be a lot of people all over downtown. If the estimates of 200-400,000 extra people is true then every place in the Historic District will be very busy. I know of no raw oysters off of River St.

We like The Chart House very much but I think The Pink House%26#39;s food is better, maybe more personal since it is locally owned while The Chart House is a chain, but it TCH has a view of the river if you get the right seat inside and has outdoor seating over River street on the bar level.

St. Patty day weekend - Oyster houses? -- and opinions.

Forgot about the pub question...

I cannot think of one between but the Pink House has a nice bar. A few blocks west around city market and Congress St is bar central, Irish, Alty, upscale, take your pick. But again, all crazy, I am guessing, this weekend.

Hi Brian, thanks for the fast reply. We are staying at the red roof inn off hwy 204 and i95. We are planning on taking a cab into town to enter the %26#39;madness%26#39;. hehe

Good idea. There is also a shuttle from Oglethorpe Mall (just south of your hotel) to downtown but it stops early like 5pm.

There is, I hear, a good seafood place on that side of town Hodgson Memorial near Mall Blvd attached to the Kroger. Go Fish, don%26#39;t know if they have oysters but have heard good things about it.

Whoops wrong red roof. There is one in mid town too.

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