Savannah food events bring brunch, oysters, wine and tacos

Booze & Blues Brunch comes to Repeal 33

On Saturday, Oct. 24, Repeal 33 (125 Martin Luther King Blvd.) hosts a Booze & Blues Brunch featuring live music, brunch cocktail specials, and other fun surprises to celebrate Repeal 33’s new fall brunch menu.  Beginning at 11 a.m., DJ Basik Lee provides the live soundtrack of blues tunes while guests sip and savor Repeal 33’s new dishes and cocktails. The bar team serves a lineup of brunch cocktails, as well as creative riffs on Mimosas and Bloody Marys.  Reservations are recommended to secure your spot, but walk-ins are welcome. For more details on this award-winning restaurant brought to you by the creative folks behind Charleston’s Prohibition restaurant and cocktail bar, visit www.repeal33savannah.com

Get shuckin’: Service Brewing hosts oyster roast with bluegrass

As mentioned in prior columns, oyster

roast tickets sell out fast, so here’s your heads-up that veteran-owned Service Brewing Co. (547 Indian Street) is hosting one on Friday, Nov. 6 from 6:30 p.m. to 8:30 p.m. Your $60 ticket includes buckets of steamed May River oysters, Brunswick stew, and cornbread catered by Erica Davis Lowcountry, plus one pint of the brewery’s deliciously seasonal Lincoln’s Gift Oyster Stout. Savannah’s favorite string pickers, Swamptooth, are on stage playing your favorite covers and bluegrass tunes. Limited tickets for this family and pet-friendly evening are available via the link on Service’s Instagram account @servicebrewing.

Sip into the spooky season at Lili’s fall wine dinner

On Thursday, Oct. 29 head over to Wilmington Island for a Night of Dark Elegance and Rare Vintage – the most anticipated autumn gathering hosted by Lili’s Restaurant and Bar, 326 Johnny Mercer Blvd. Begin your evening with an ethereal cocktail crafted from Sorgin, a delicate French gin distilled with Sauvignon Blanc grapes, before moving on to an extraordinary five-course culinary experience paired with captivating Optik wines and botanical apéritifs. Optik Wine offer a singular perspective on Santa Maria Valley’s unique terroir, and result from a collaboration between California’s  Miller Family Wine Company and acclaimed winemaker Joey Tensley.  In celebration of the season, elegant and spooky costumes are warmly encouraged! Seating starts at 5:30 p.m. with final seating at 8:30 p.m. Extremely reasonably priced at $80 per guest (plus tax and gratuity), seats for this annual wine dinner will sell out fast. Call 912.235.2664 to secure yours.

Tacos, street corn and more star in Savannah teen cooking class

Encourage your culinary-curious teenager to get into the kitchen by signing them for a Teen Street Food Craw! They’ll snack their way through Mexico at the latest class offered by Coastal Table and Tales, 408 Bull Street, on Sunday, Nov. 1 at 2 p.m. Teens (ages 11-16) visit three hands-on antojito stations, making and tasting Esquites (Mexican street corn), Tacos de Canasta (traditional steamed basket tacos), and Vaso de Fruta (mango, jicama, cucumber, and carrot with lime, Tajin and chamoy). Elisa Varela Sanwick, founder of The Trailing Apron, has cooked and taught around the world as a diplomatic spouse. Most recently she spent three years teaching Mexican cuisine to an international audience in Amman, Jordan.  Tickets are $85.32 and available on Eventbrite via the cookbook store’s website www.coastaltableandtalessavannah.com

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