Boar's Head Grill & Tavern

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Boar's Head Grill & Tavern
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A view of the restaurant from River Street, 2017
Boar's Head Grill & Tavern
General information
Location Savannah, Georgia, U.S.
Address1 Lincoln Street
Coordinates 32°04′50″N81°05′16″W / 32.0806939°N 81.0877560°W / 32.0806939; -81.0877560
Opened1959(65 years ago) (1959)
OwnerPhilip Branan (chef)
Charlene Branan
Technical details
Floor count1

Boar's Head Grill & Tavern is a restaurant and bar in Savannah, Georgia, United States. Located on the Lincoln Street ramp, at River Street, [1] the restaurant, established in 1959, [2] occupies the first floor of the Lower Stoddard Range former King Cotton warehouse dating to 1858. [3] [4] It is the oldest restaurant on River Street. [5]

The restaurant's owner/chef is Philip Branan. [6] [7] He and his wife also owned Kevin Barry's Irish Pub, further west on River Street, until its closure in 2020. [8]

A container ship moving west (upstream) along the Savannah River, viewed from the bar of the restaurant

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