Best Markets in Savannah
Savannah, Georgia — updated August 22, 2026
Savannah's markets run from a southside Asian grocer with a deep produce aisle to a riverfront cafe counter that opens at 7 am. Four places, ordered by how well each one actually works as a market.
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The word market does a lot of work in Savannah. It covers a two-block historic district of shops and galleries downtown, an antiques shop on Broughton with an espresso counter in the back, and a southside grocer where the vegetable aisle is the reason people drive out there. This list is ordered by how well each place functions as a market for someone actually shopping, with review counts noted so you can weigh how settled each rating is.
1. Viet Huong
This is the closest thing on the list to a working grocery market: an Asian food store on Hodgson Memorial Drive stocked with the ingredients to cook those dishes at home. A Savannah Reddit thread on good Asian markets singles out the vegetable selection, which is the usual reason people make the trip to the southside rather than shopping downtown. It rates 4.6 from 381 reviews, a smaller sample than the big downtown listings but a consistent one. Yelp lists opening at 10 am and closing at 8 pm early in the week. Related locations operate in Pooler and in Ellabell on Highway 280 East.
2. City Market
City Market earns its place on history and scale: the district around Jefferson and West Saint Julian was once the hub for groceries and daily goods in Savannah, and it now runs as a cluster of shops, restaurants, art galleries and museums. At 4.6 from 9,566 reviews, it is the most thoroughly tested rating in this guide by a wide margin. Treat it as browsing and eating rather than a produce run. The Cafe at City Market keeps the district's later hours, open 11 am to 9 pm Sunday through Thursday and until 10 pm on Friday and Saturday, so it works for a late lunch after the shops.
3. The Paris Market, Savannah
A Broughton Street shop and brocante where the market half is home goods and vintage pieces, from armature napkin rings to jewelry bundles, and the other half is a cafe. The cafe has been pulling espresso by hand since 2004 and pours coffee, tea, wine and Champagne alongside locally made pastries; its own Instagram points to the butter croissant as the classic order. Cafe hours run 10 am to 6 pm Monday through Saturday and 11 am to 5 pm Sunday. The 4.6 rating rests on 997 reviews, enough to call it reliable rather than promising.
4. Turbine Market + Cafe
The riverfront option, at 500 West River Street in the Plant Riverside District, built for grab-and-go rather than a shopping list: artisan coffee, house-made pastries, all-day breakfast, smoothies and quick bites. It opens earliest of anything here, 7 am daily, closing at 5 pm Sunday through Thursday and 8 pm on Friday and Saturday. Evidence is thinner than the rest of the list, 4.4 from 198 reviews, so the rating is less settled. Useful mainly if you are already staying or walking on that stretch of River Street and want breakfast before the downtown shops open.
What we left off
Whole Foods Market on East Victory Drive is a national chain, so it is out under our no-chains rule regardless of its 4.3 rating from more than 1,900 reviews. Enmarket Arena was also removed: it is a 9,500-seat music and sports venue with concession stands, not a market, and it does not match the premise of this guide.