Episodes

  • Podcast: Hostess City Food and Wine Festival

    Podcast: Hostess City Food and Wine Festival
    Nov 3 2025
    Jesse is joined by Erika Baskin to talk about the upcoming Hostess City Food and Wine Festival this weekend at Eastern Wharf in Savannah.
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    13 mins
  • Mondays with Maggie: A Visit to Island Icon Charlie's

    Mondays with Maggie: A Visit to Island Icon Charlie's
    Nov 3 2025
    After close to 2 years of talking about it, Jesse and Maggie FINALLY pay a visit to one of the most iconic restaurants on the island, Charlie’s. We discuss the visit plus a few other eats from the last week, including Jesse’s mishap making Au Gratin Potatoes at home….
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    26 mins
  • Savannah's Coming Attractions: Over a Dozen new Restaurants headed this way

    Savannah's Coming Attractions: Over a Dozen new Restaurants headed this way
    Oct 28 2025
    At any given point over the last handful of years, you could safely count on a hand and a half how many new restaurants we knew were on the horizon in the Hostess City. Entering the Fall of 2025, we now need more than 2 hands to count the number of new spaces and places in the works for Savannah into 2026. Joining Jesse is Savannah chef Rae Robertson to talk about a little about each one that we know about and what you can expect.
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    34 mins
  • Hilton Head Island Oyster Festival

    Hilton Head Island Oyster Festival
    Oct 27 2025
    The largest oyster festival in the region returns to Hilton Head Island on November 7th and 8th. For over 3 decades, the Island’s Recreation Center has been hosting this event to raise money for several island charities. Jesse is joined by Frank Soule, one of the events organizers to tell us a little more about what we can expect this year.
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    14 mins
  • A visit with Kayak Kafe's Monique Silen

    A visit with Kayak Kafe's Monique Silen
    Oct 22 2025
    For nearly 2 decades, Kayak Kafe has been at the forefront of Savannah’s vegetarian food scene. What started out as ‘offering healthy options next door to a gym” has become a go to in a town that has always looked for options in the alternative diet realm. What is Kayak about? Give our chat with the owner a listen and see for yourself.
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    20 mins
  • Hilton Head Island's Craft Cocktail Scene

    Hilton Head Island's Craft Cocktail Scene
    Oct 17 2025
    Jesse is joined by Monica Collins, Beverage Manager at Chez Georges Bistro and Bar on the island. They talk about some upcoming menu flips, and her passion for creating new and somewhat inventive cocktails on an island where they can be hard to find.
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    23 mins
  • Savannah Restaurant Week is now Hostess City Eats!

    Savannah Restaurant Week is now Hostess City Eats!
    Oct 14 2025
    Jesse takes a few minutes to discuss their very popular Restaurant Week concept in Savannah and their plans to enhance the things to do around it coming February of 2026. Savannah’s Restaurant Week will take place January 28th through February 8th (Super Bowl Sunday) but in and around that will be a series of events in all price ranges so visitors can get out and enjoy.
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    20 mins
  • Mondays with Maggie: Good Chili/Bad Chili and a Great Gameday Spot on Hilton Head Island

    Mondays with Maggie: Good Chili/Bad Chili and a Great Gameday Spot on Hilton Head Island
    Oct 13 2025
    Fresh off his judging of the Hilton Head Island Chili Cookoff, Jesse has a few words about bad chili. Jesse and Maggie discuss some great game day deals on the island and a beautiful little day trip getaway you should consider the next time you want to get out of town.
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    25 mins