Restaurant Equipment and Supply for Savannah and Coastal Georgia
On the Georgia coast, a big night means a Lowcountry boil: wild Georgia shrimp, corn on the cob, new potatoes and smoked sausage cooked in one pot and poured out on the table. The shrimp come from local waters, and Georgia's shrimpers landed about 2.4 million pounds in 2023, according to the Georgia Department of Natural Resources. For dessert, Savannah has pralines, hand-poured on River Street since 1973.
Down the coast, Darien blesses its shrimp boats every April, Richmond Hill throws a seafood festival every October, and Brunswick claims the first pot of Brunswick stew. Inland, Pooler has grown into the second-largest city in Chatham County.
Since 2015, The Restaurant Warehouse has shipped to thousands of commercial kitchens in every state. Coastal Georgia orders ship from our Atlanta warehouse, so Savannah-area restaurants get the same low prices and freight delivery right to Savannah, Pooler, Tybee Island, Richmond Hill, Darien, and Brunswick. The most common orders here are reach-in refrigerators, freezers, ice machines, fryers, countertop display cases, and food truck equipment.
Lowcountry Boil and Wild Georgia Shrimp
Lowcountry boil goes by Frogmore stew and Beaufort stew too. The core of the pot is shrimp, corn, new potatoes and smoked sausage, sometimes with blue crab or onion, seasoned with seafood seasoning, beer and hot sauce. Explore Beaufort credits Richard Gay of the Gay Fish Company on St. Helena Island, near Beaufort, South Carolina, with naming the dish in the 1960s, and a Gourmet magazine cover made it famous in the 1980s. Today it is cooked up and down the Lowcountry, from Beaufort to the Georgia coast. The shrimp are local: Georgia's food-shrimp season in state waters usually opens in late spring or early summer and runs to December 31, and in 2023 the catch had a dockside value of about $8.8 million, according to the Georgia DNR. In Darien, the Blessing of the Fleet has been held for more than 55 years, each April, with a boat parade where shrimp boat captains receive prayers for the season.
Seafood kitchens and boil caterers run on ice machines to keep shrimp on ice, freezers to hold the catch past the season, two-door reach-in refrigerators for corn and sausage, high-output ranges for big pots, and fryers for fried shrimp baskets.
Pralines on River Street and Leopold's Ice Cream
River Street Sweets opened on Savannah's riverfront in 1973 and calls itself "Savannah's oldest candy store." The family started with a Christmas gift shop, The Cotton Bale, when a River Street storefront cost $50 a month, and began making pralines from a Southern Living cookbook and family recipes. They still hand-pour pralines in copper kettles and scoop them onto marble slabs, and siblings Jennifer and Tim Strickland own the shop today. A few blocks south, Leopold's Ice Cream goes back to 1919, when three brothers opened it at Gwinnett and Habersham streets. Its Broughton Street shop opened in 2004, and the family-owned business celebrated 107 years in August 2026.
Candy shops, bakeries and ice cream parlors sell with their eyes, so they need countertop display cases at the register, freezers for ice cream stock, reach-in refrigerators for butter and cream, and stainless work tables for the cooling and packing line.
Savannah Dining History and Coastal Food Festivals
Savannah's dining rooms have deep roots. In 1943, Sema Wilkes took over a downtown boardinghouse on West Jones Street and served family-style Southern lunches at shared tables: fried chicken, cornbread dressing, sweet potato souffle, okra gumbo and biscuits. On Reynolds Square, construction of the Habersham House began in 1771. It later housed Planters Bank, Georgia's first bank, and became The Olde Pink House restaurant in 1971. She-crab soup and shrimp and grits are staples on coastal menus. The festival calendar fills up too. Congregation Mickve Israel hosts the Shalom Y'all Jewish Food Festival in Monterey Square each fall, in early November, with latkes, shawarma, matzo ball soup and blintzes. Richmond Hill's seafood festival at J.F. Gregory Park, which marked its 25th year in 2024, runs each October, and Brunswick's Rockin' Stewbilee stew cook-off fills Mary Ross Waterfront Park each winter, in late January.
Family-style dining rooms and festival vendors cook in volume. Kitchens lean on ranges and ovens, fryers for fried chicken, and prep tables for the line, while vendors build on food truck equipment: propane griddles and compact undercounter refrigeration.
Restaurant Supply Store in Savannah
We ship straight to your Savannah restaurant. Most Coastal Georgia orders arrive in 1 to 3 business days from our Atlanta warehouse, with free freight and free lift gate service. Will-call pickup at our Atlanta warehouse is available for verified restaurant businesses, but most kitchens skip the trip and let us ship it. Most Coastal Georgia calls are for a fast replacement, like an ice machine or reach-in refrigerator that quit during a humid summer weekend, or for a full equipment package for a new seafood house, sweets shop, cafe or food truck. Tell us what you are cooking and how much space you have, and we will help you size the line.
Why Savannah Restaurants Buy From The Restaurant Warehouse
Every piece of new Atosa equipment we sell is run-tested for 24 hours at the factory before it ships. It carries Intertek's ETL Sanitation and cETLus listings, which certify it to the NSF/ANSI food equipment standards and US and Canadian safety standards that inspectors from the county Environmental Health offices of Georgia's Coastal Health District look for. Refrigeration comes with a 3-year parts and labor warranty and a 5-year compressor warranty, gas cooking equipment comes with a 1-year parts and labor warranty, and extended warranties are available.
- Free freight on qualifying orders, no lift gate fees
- Built for scrappy startups, food trucks and independent kitchens
- Founder Sean Kearney answers calls, texts and email at (206) 419-5801 or therestaurantwarehouse@gmail.com
Serving Savannah and Coastal Georgia
Savannah is our hub for Chatham, Bryan, McIntosh and Glynn County. Restaurants along the Georgia coast get the same equipment, free lift gate freight, and warranty, and they talk to the same team.
Savannah, Pooler and Tybee Island
Operators searching for a restaurant supply store in Savannah usually need a fast replacement, so we ship reach-in refrigerators, freezers, ice machines, and countertop display cases to kitchens from River Street to Broughton Street. Pooler, with 25,611 people in 2020, sits by I-95 and I-16, and Tybee Island had 3,110 people. Kitchens in both order fryers, bar refrigeration, and sandwich prep tables.
Richmond Hill and Darien
Richmond Hill in Bryan County hosts its seafood festival every October, and Darien in McIntosh County is a working shrimp town that blesses its fleet every April. Restaurants and caterers there order ice machines, freezers, and ranges for big seafood boils.
Brunswick and St. Simons Island
A 25-gallon iron pot at Mary Ross Waterfront Park in Brunswick is said to be the first Brunswick stew pot, reportedly used on St. Simons Island on July 2, 1898, though Brunswick County, Virginia disputes the claim. Georgia's version is usually pork and beef, and tangier. Glynn County kitchens order ranges and ovens, reach-in refrigerators, and work tables.
Savannah Restaurant Equipment FAQ
Do you ship restaurant equipment to Savannah?
Yes. The Restaurant Warehouse ships commercial restaurant equipment to Savannah and the rest of Coastal Georgia by freight, with lift gate delivery to your door.
Do you deliver to Pooler, Tybee Island, Richmond Hill, Darien and Brunswick?
Yes. We deliver across Coastal Georgia, including Savannah, Pooler, Tybee Island, Richmond Hill, Darien, Brunswick, and St. Simons Island.
How fast is delivery to Savannah?
Most Coastal Georgia orders arrive in 1 to 3 business days from our Atlanta warehouse, depending on item availability and carrier routing. Contact us if you need equipment urgently.
Do you offer free freight?
Yes. Free freight is available on select models and qualifying orders. Contact us to confirm freight options for a specific item.
Do you charge lift gate fees?
No. We do not charge lift gate fees.
What types of restaurant equipment do you sell?
We sell commercial refrigerators, freezers, prep tables, griddles, charbroilers, deep fryers, ovens, ice machines, bar refrigeration, and food truck equipment, plus many other categories for professional kitchens.
Can I get help choosing the right equipment?
Yes. If you can't find what you need, call or email us and we'll help you source the right product for your kitchen.
Can I pick up my order?
Yes. Verified restaurant businesses can arrange will-call pickup at our Atlanta warehouse. But why lose a day renting a truck, strapping it down and unloading it yourself? With free freight and free lift gate service, most Coastal Georgia orders arrive at your door or curb in 1 to 3 business days. Call (206) 419-5801 to set up either option.
Up the Savannah River, our Augusta page covers Augusta and the CSRA, and inland our Macon page covers Macon, Warner Robins and Middle Georgia.
Restaurant Equipment Across Georgia
The Restaurant Warehouse delivers commercial restaurant equipment across Georgia from our Atlanta warehouse. Find the page for your region: