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[[Image:Wilkes Dining Room Entrance.jpg|right|thumbnail|Entrance to Mrs Wilke's Dining Room in Savannah, Georgia]] |
[[Image:Wilkes Dining Room Entrance.jpg|right|thumbnail|Entrance to Mrs Wilke's Dining Room in Savannah, Georgia]] |
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[[Image:Wilkes Dining Room Sign.jpg|right|thumbnail|Mrs Wilkes' Dining Room is located in a former boarding house known as The Wilkes House]] |
[[Image:Wilkes Dining Room Sign.jpg|right|thumbnail|Mrs Wilkes' Dining Room is located in a former boarding house known as The Wilkes House]] |
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'''Mrs. Wilkes' Dining Room''' is a [[restaurant]] offering [[Cuisine of the Southern United States|Southern]] home cooking in [[Savannah, Georgia]]. The restaurant was run for several decades by Sema Wilkes, from 1943 until her death in 2002 at age 95. Her family continues to run the restaurant today. |
'''Mrs. Wilkes' Dining Room''' is a [[restaurant]] offering [[Cuisine of the Southern United States|Southern]] home cooking in [[Savannah, Georgia]]. The restaurant was run for several decades by Sema Wilkes, from 1943 until her death in 2002 at age 95.<ref name="SMN">{{cite news |url=http://savannahnow.com/stories/110102/LOCWILKESOBIT.shtml#.VfOQtpcsDIW |title='Everyone just loved that lady' Sema Wilkes Restaurateur 1907-2002 |work=savannahnow.com |publisher=Savannah Morning News |date=1 November 2002 |accessdate=11 September 2015}}</ref> During her life she also published several cookbooks.<ref name="SMN"/> Her family continues to run the restaurant today, but it it is now only open for lunch on weekdays.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.wmagazine.com/culture/travel/2015/04/savannah-georgia-where-to-go/photos/ |title=Savannah In Style |work=wmagazine.com |publisher=Condé Nast |first=Sarah |last=Leon |date=17 April 2015 |accessdate=11 September 2015}}</ref> |
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Mrs. Wilkes' is noted for its homestyle traditions, in which guests are escorted in shifts of 10 into the dining room, where a variety of dishes are freshly laid on one of several tables (there is no menu; dishes are selected by the restaurant and change daily). The guests sit at the table and pass the dishes around to one another in the manner of a civilized family. There are usually long lines waiting to get in.<ref>{{citation |title=Pigging Out in Savannah|author=Cathy Swift, Van Robbins, John Miltiades |year=2008 |isbn=9780595486328 |page=28}}</ref> |
Mrs. Wilkes' is noted for its homestyle traditions, in which guests are escorted in shifts of 10 into the dining room, where a variety of dishes are freshly laid on one of several tables (there is no menu; dishes are selected by the restaurant and change daily). The guests sit at the table and pass the dishes around to one another in the manner of a civilized family. There are usually long lines waiting to get in.<ref>{{citation |title=Pigging Out in Savannah|author=Cathy Swift, Van Robbins, John Miltiades |year=2008 |isbn=9780595486328 |page=28}}</ref> Mrs. Wilkes and her restaurant have frequently been profiled in newspaper and magazine stories.<ref name="SMN"/> |
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==Notable guests== |
==Notable guests== |
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* [[David Brinkley]] once broadcast direct from the restaurant.<ref>{{citation |title=Georgia at its Best |pages=69-70 |isbn=1558532021 |author=Jeanne and Harry Harman |year=1992}}</ref> |
* [[David Brinkley]] once broadcast direct from the restaurant.<ref>{{citation |title=Georgia at its Best |pages=69-70 |isbn=1558532021 |author=Jeanne and Harry Harman |year=1992}}</ref> |
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* [[President Obama]] ate there with Mayor [[Otis Johnson]] and other guests in 2010, having baked beans, fried chicken and sweet corn.<ref>{{citation |url=http://savannahnow.com/latest-news/2010-03-02/president-obama-surprises-diners-mrs-wilkes |title=President Obama surprises diners at Mrs. Wilkes |date=2 March 2010 |newspaper=Savannah Morning News |author=Lesley Conn}}</ref> |
* [[President Obama]] ate there with Mayor [[Otis Johnson]] and other guests in 2010, having baked beans, fried chicken and sweet corn.<ref>{{citation |url=http://savannahnow.com/latest-news/2010-03-02/president-obama-surprises-diners-mrs-wilkes |title=President Obama surprises diners at Mrs. Wilkes |date=2 March 2010 |newspaper=Savannah Morning News |author=Lesley Conn}}</ref> |
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* [[Robert Duvall]], [[Kate Smith]] and [[Gregory Peck]]<ref name="SMN"/> |
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==References== |
==References== |
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==External links== |
==External links== |
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* [http://www.savannahnow.com/stories/110102/LOCWILKESOBIT.shtml Obituary of Mrs. Wilkes] |
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* [http://www.mrswilkes.com/ Official website of Mrs Wilkes Dining Room] |
* [http://www.mrswilkes.com/ Official website of Mrs Wilkes Dining Room] |
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* [http://www.exploregeorgia.org/listing/3303-mrs-wilkes-dining-room Official Georgia Tourism & Travel Site] |
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[[Category:Restaurants established in 1943]] |
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[[Category:Restaurants in Georgia (U.S. state)]] |
[[Category:Restaurants in Georgia (U.S. state)]] |
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Revision as of 05:38, 12 September 2015
Mrs. Wilkes' Dining Room is a restaurant offering Southern home cooking in Savannah, Georgia. The restaurant was run for several decades by Sema Wilkes, from 1943 until her death in 2002 at age 95.[1] During her life she also published several cookbooks.[1] Her family continues to run the restaurant today, but it it is now only open for lunch on weekdays.[2]
Mrs. Wilkes' is noted for its homestyle traditions, in which guests are escorted in shifts of 10 into the dining room, where a variety of dishes are freshly laid on one of several tables (there is no menu; dishes are selected by the restaurant and change daily). The guests sit at the table and pass the dishes around to one another in the manner of a civilized family. There are usually long lines waiting to get in.[3] Mrs. Wilkes and her restaurant have frequently been profiled in newspaper and magazine stories.[1]
Notable guests
- David Brinkley once broadcast direct from the restaurant.[4]
- President Obama ate there with Mayor Otis Johnson and other guests in 2010, having baked beans, fried chicken and sweet corn.[5]
- Robert Duvall, Kate Smith and Gregory Peck[1]
References
- ^ a b c d "'Everyone just loved that lady' Sema Wilkes Restaurateur 1907-2002". savannahnow.com. Savannah Morning News. 1 November 2002. Retrieved 11 September 2015.
- ^ Leon, Sarah (17 April 2015). "Savannah In Style". wmagazine.com. Condé Nast. Retrieved 11 September 2015.
- ^ Cathy Swift, Van Robbins, John Miltiades (2008), Pigging Out in Savannah, p. 28, ISBN 9780595486328
{{citation}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link) - ^ Jeanne and Harry Harman (1992), Georgia at its Best, pp. 69–70, ISBN 1558532021
- ^ Lesley Conn (2 March 2010), "President Obama surprises diners at Mrs. Wilkes", Savannah Morning News