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Restaurant in Georgia, United States From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Mrs. Wilkes' Dining Room is a casual restaurant in Savannah, Georgia, US which offers a menu of Southern US home cooking. Situated in a historic house dated to 1870, it is a popular dining spot in the city. The restaurant was owned and managed by Sema Wilkes for 59 years, from 1943 until her death in 2002 at age 95.[1]
Mrs. Wilkes' Dining Room | |
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Restaurant information | |
Established | 1943 |
Street address | 107 West Jones Street |
City | Savannah |
County | Chatham County |
State | Georgia |
Postal/ZIP Code | 31401 |
Country | United States |
Coordinates | 32.072645°N 81.095934°W |
Website | mrswilkes |
Mrs. Wilkes' Dining Room was previously the dining hall of the Wilkes House, a downtown boardinghouse. Today the restaurant is housed on the ground floor of the same historic house, built in 1870, at 107 West Jones Street.[2][3] The restaurant was described by author William Schemmel as "a treasure hidden away in a historic district town-house."[4] Its longtime owner, Sema Wilkes, published several cookbooks.[1] As of 2024[update] her family continued to run the restaurant, serving lunch on weekdays.[5][6]
Mrs. Wilkes and her restaurant have been the subject of newspaper and magazine articles.[1] Japanese chef Hoshinao Naguma was once apprenticed to the restaurant.[7]
Mrs. Wilkes' is noted for its homestyle traditions, in which guests are escorted in shifts of ten into the dining room, where a variety of dishes are freshly laid on one of several long tables.[8][9] There is no menu; dishes are selected by the restaurant and change daily.[8] Travel Holiday in 1993 recalled that the "tables were set with steaming bowls and platters of tasty Southern food".[10]
The guests sit at the table and pass the dishes around to one another like a family.[8][11] There are usually long queues waiting to get in.[8]
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