135093 Fri Aug 18 16:25:03 -0700 2000 4 11 South 0 725910 What ever happened to Mamys Kitchen that was located near Savannah, GA? It was the best. Fri Aug 18 16:25:03 -0700 2000 0 P.S. Weaver 1 725911 The above request was submitted by my husband who is neither a speller nor a supplier of details; he is asking about Mammy's Kitchen which was on outer Ogeechee Road in Savannah. We picked up on its BBQ years ago in one of the Sterns' early Roadfood books, and since then, on our biennial drives from Maine to the west coast, we have driven hundreds of miles out of our way to gorge on its glories. Then one year it wasn't there. The shock waves still reverberate! After the death of its original owner the place was run by Misty (his daughter?). Has she possibly set up shop somewhere else? I know someone will suggest the nearby GA Pig as a substitute. However, it is but a pale shadow of our beloved Mammy's. Sat Aug 19 17:10:42 -0700 2000 725910 0 P.S.Weaver 2 725912 We can all relate to that feeling of loss. Hope you get some insights here (who knows, they may have opened elsewhere!). Of course, your more fleshed out, personal account is more likely to get results (spelling's no big deal, though...many posters around here seem to be typing while eating!). Also, I've found that thoughtfully composed subject titles tend to attract attention, for whatever it's worth. wait, more info. At this web page (http://www.savannahmorningnews.com/smn/stories/011900/OBITSindex.shtml) you'll see that in april of THIS YEAR, a business permit was granted Mammy's Kitchen not at their old location of 5799 Ogeechee Road, but a few doors down at 5794. And this address has ALSO been the address of Misty's Antiques, and that's got to be the same Misty! I'd give this antiques place a call, at 912-921-1202. See, you just have to persevere on this stuff! Sat Aug 19 17:27:20 -0700 2000 725911 0 Jim Leff 2 726259 Actually, the original owner, a Mr. Sapp, was murdered along Ogeechee Road in 1985 or so and Mammy's Kitchen was sold to Tirzah Klees, who ran it until about 1991. (We discovered Mammy's originally in 1978 after reading about it in a Sterns' book, too.) for many years, we would plan our drive to and from Florida (from N.J.) to incorporate a big meal at Mammy's in each direction. We even got to know Tirzah quite well, along with her niece, Misty. We discussed the idea of selling their outstanding bbq sauce in the Northeast, but always got hung up on details, such as transportation and storage. We moved to Florida in 1992 and then moved back to N.J. in 1994 and it was on one of our househunting trips back North that we discovered Mammy's had closed down (May 1994, although the last time we ate there was in the summer of 1993.) Ever since then, we still detour off I-95 to U.S. 17 and pass by the old site just for old time's sake. After a year or two, we noticed the old building had become Misty's Antiques and we wrote a letter to Misty (the one and the same from before). She even sent us the recipe for Mammy's sauce, which we treasure to this day! This past December, we drove down to Florida for Christmas week and were STUNNED to see Mammy's Kitchen open again (after 7+ years). The building is the same, although it has been refurbished and modernized (too bad; we liked it the rustic way it was). Unfortunately, we had just had dinner downtown at Johnny Harris' on Victory, and were stuffed to the gills, but I stopped in and asked if these were new owners (yes) and if they had the old recipes (they said yes) and we said we'd stop back a week later. We did so and had a nice meal (very good bbq, but the battered fries weren't the same, nor was the sweetened tea and it all seemed too suburban). However, we will stop back this fall or winter to see what's changed. This had been our favorite restaurant ever and the excitement of it possibly returning was certainly fun for the kids and us this Christmas! Please try it and see what you think (and post your findings)! Jim Thu Mar 08 18:48:36 -0800 2001 725911 0 Jim Badaracco 3 4742846 The original owner was not Mr. Sapp. It was Fred and Dooley Batt. They owned the big white house that sat behind the restaurant and the mobile home park behind that. They were my great, great Aunt and Uncle. Before Uncle Fred died, they sold the restaurant. All of the recipes were created by Aunt Dooley. Thu Jun 04 13:08:35 -0700 2009 726259 535637 susross