Municipal Bar

Savannah’s Death & Co. Bar Is Now Open in the Municipal Grand Hotel | Eater Carolinas

"The hotel’s eponymous lobby bar quickly packed with patrons on opening night and is positioned as the city’s best new spot to see and be seen (both in person and on Instagram). Anchoring the lobby is a curved, 14-seat bar surrounded by serpentine banquettes and low lounge seating; although at street level, the entire floor feels like one big sunken conversation pit thanks to an upper mezzanine encasing the perimeter. The menu leans into sociability with a “Family Style” list that encourages guests to start with banana daiquiri “cheekies” — miniature renditions made with Wray & Nephew rum and served in port glasses for $8 per person — or to “Keep It Going” with espresso martini cheekies at $6 a pop. For a fancier pour, there is a $36 “Proper Martini Service” for two — inspired by London’s Dukes bar — served ice-cold with a choose-your-own-adventure selection of accouterments, plus the option to add a side of salty shoestring fries for an additional $5. A full selection of regular-sized beverages includes a neon-hued white Negroni (Terroir gin, Americano, and Gentian amaro), garnished with a juicy pineapple wedge, and rum- or mezcal-forward cocktails conceived with subtropical climes in mind — served with crushed ice, crystal-clear rocks, or frosted glassware — contemporary riffs on classics priced roughly $16–$19 and bearing the expected influence of the Death & Co. lineage. The lobby bar is open daily from 8 a.m. to 11 p.m." - Colleen McNally Arnett