Very Vic's

Traditionally, everyone parties it up on Wednesday before Thanksgiving.  My friends and I usually partake, but this year we all passed out on our respective couches at around 9:45 PM.  After acknowledging that we are now old and no longer the rabbel-rousers we once were, we decided on a do-over on Friday night.  No passing out allowed. 

Before hitting up the bars, EB and I decided to meet for martinis and apps at Vic's on the River, one of Savannah's nicer restaurants in the heart of downtown.  Vic's is a continental restaurant, but many of their dishes are Southern favorites that have been elevated to match the restaurant's gorgeous river view.  We decided to focus on these items and ordered four appetizers:

• Fried Green Tomatoes with Goat Cheese and Tomato Chutney: Since fried green tomatoes are usually paired with a spicy aioli, it was nice to have a sweet accompaniment
• Crawfish Beignets with Tobasco Syrup: the syrup was sweet, not spicy - good because the crawfish filling (which was ample, providing a great filling to pastry ratio) had a kick
• Pulled Pork Eggroll with BBQ Sauce, Hot Mustard, and Peach Chutney: this sounds a little weird but it was wonderful - who knew Southern and Chinese went so well together?!
• Colossal Shrimp Cocktail with Blueberry Vanilla BBQ Sauce: I had to get my fill of shrimp while I was home and these were huge shrimp that were cooked well (important not to overcook when a plain shrimp is the star of the show). 

All the food was wonderful (especially the beignets and eggroll), though I almost wish we hadn't chosen so many dishes with a sweet component/sauce to avoid overkill; however, the dishes were so different in essence, that I didn't really mind.  If you're reading this and thinking of going to Vic's, you would probably be going as a tourist.  If that's the case, you won't mind that it is a little pricier (not NYC fancy dinner pricy, but still...) because hey, it's vacation.  If you're reading this and happen to be a true Savannian, you know Vic's is not someplace you go every weekend, but I say you shouldn't restrict it to special occasions.  Do what we did and order a drink and several appetizers to get a great sampling of the menu.  I recommend sitting in the bar area so you can enjoy the piano player who happened to be wearing an absolutely fabulous feather ensemble.