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We visited Savannah to enjoy its historic sites and advertised Southern cooking. The trip was great disappointment, mainly becuase of our terrible experience in the Lady & Sons and Uncle Buddy's restaurants. The Southern cooking "star" Paula Dean brings a bad name to the city of Savannah that evidently relies so much on the marketing hype around this pseudo-cook lacking the integrity of doing good business. We were greatly surprised to find out that her Lady & Sons restaurant as well as the restaurant of her brother called Uncle Buddy are a real disgrace for the city and for the entire concept of Southern cooking and Southern hospitality. Food was of such poor quality that our whole party stayed up and sick all night after having lunch at Uncle Buddy's and dinner at Lady and Sons. Food was not only sickening greesy but also of frozen and/or canned quality. Dishes were cold and service was disrespectful and unprofessional. The prices were ridiculous - I'm guessing they use the money of the "victims" that are unaware of what's facing them to create the marketing hype and gove commissions to the number of businesses who attract customers to the city through them. Certainly, what customers pay does not reflect the value of the food, service, or atmosphere. Believe me, the experience was terrible. It is a disgrace to Paula Dean to cheat customers out of their money with the naive image of a sweet church going Southern lady - there is nothing Southern in the food, hospitality, or integrity of her establishments. Sickening!

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31 December 2005 | A Yahoo! User

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