Nearly every new place to eat in Starland this year opened in a space another business had just left. A café replaced a café at 2400 Bull Street. An ice cream shop replaced a shoe store in the same building. Pitmaster Terren Williams parked his barbecue bus at an old gas station on 37th Street that had been a snack shop. An Italian grill moved into a former grits restaurant on Habersham. A pizzeria rebuilt its kitchen and switched styles, and its original pizza moved a short walk up Bull Street.
What came out of all that turnover is a district whose center has shifted. Part of it now sits east of Bull at 37th and Habersham, and more of it stays open into the evening than it did a year ago. Here is the map as of early October 2026.
| Address | What was there | What's there now |
|---|---|---|
| 2400 Bull St. | Garden Square, a café | The Larrikin |
| 2400 Bull St., Suite 4 | Lite Foot Company | Leopold's Ice Cream Starland |
| 410 E. 37th St. | Baby's, a snack shop in a former gas station | Slow Fire BBQ, with Boxcar Creamery and General Store |
| 2019 Habersham St. | Narobias Grits and Gravy | Romano Italian Grill |
| 2018 Habersham St. | Not reported | Maizal, ribbon cutting Nov. 5 |
| Starland Yard | Pizzeria Vittoria, Neapolitan | Pizzeria Vittoria, New York style |
| 2425 Bull St. | Lucia Pasta Bar | Lucia Pasta Bar, now home to the Neapolitan pies |
One Building on Bull, Two New Tenants
The building at 2400 Bull Street is a good place to see how Starland changes. Savannah Agenda described it in June as a commercial anchor on the corridor. Its tenants then were Sola Salon, F45 Training, Brochu's Family Tradition and Garden Square.
Garden Square opened in November 2025 and closed in mid-2026, according to the Savannah Morning News. The paper did not report a reason for the closing. The Larrikin Coffee Bar and Cafe has since opened in the same space. Chef Michael Toscano runs it. He is a three-time James Beard Rising Star Chef with two businesses in New York City and three in Charleston. The Larrikin works as a neighborhood café by day and a cocktail bar and café at night.
The details tell you why it's worth a visit. As of the paper's Sept. 16 column, the café was open Monday through Saturday from 7 a.m. to 9 p.m., with Sunday brunch from 7 a.m. to 4 p.m. Coffee and breakfast are served all day. The coffee drinks come with house-made syrups like Golden Turmeric Honey and Brown Butter & Hazelnut. Natasha Conyers manages the bar. From 4 to 6 p.m., Monday through Saturday, the bar runs a Hot Dog Happy Hour with these prices:
- $5 hot dogs and $5 draft beers
- $3 High Life ponies with $3 shots
- $7 wines
- $9 cocktails
Down the hall, Lite Foot Company closed, and Leopold's Ice Cream took its space. The Savannah Chamber listed the opening of Leopold's Ice Cream Starland at 2400 Bull Street, Suite 4, for noon on Friday, Oct. 2. WTOC reported the same date along with a ribbon cutting. The planning documents called for a pink neon sign on the building. The flagship on Broughton Street is known for flavors like Tutti Frutti and Chocolate Chewies and Cream, and for lines down the sidewalk. In the Chamber announcement, Stratton Leopold said, "I learned from my dad to have a positive work ethic, and to never change what you do in terms of ice cream."
The hours are the biggest difference from downtown. The company's shop page lists the Starland store at 4 to 10 p.m. Monday through Thursday, noon to 11 p.m. Friday and Saturday, and noon to 9 p.m. Sunday. The flagship at 212 East Broughton is listed at noon to 9 p.m. Sunday through Thursday and 11 a.m. to 10 p.m. on Friday and Saturday. So the Starland shop stays open an hour later than the flagship most nights, and it's the one to try after dinner on a Saturday. Check the Leopold's shop page before you go, since new stores often adjust their hours in the first weeks.
The Corner That Used to Sell Gas
The bigger change is a few blocks east. At 37th and Habersham, an old gas station had most recently been Baby's, a tiny neighborhood snack shop that had a short run. In April, Eat It & Like It reported that Slow Fire BBQ would move in. For nearly three years, Slow Fire had operated from a school bus converted into a food truck. It spent a short stretch on Waters Avenue the year before, a spot that did not become permanent.
The plan announced in April was a kitchen and a pit room behind the building, on a five-to-six-month timeline, with the bus parked on site Thursday through Saturday in the meantime. City planners approved the small restaurant and general-store use on June 23. In that approval, the on-site kitchen was still described as a later addition. By late September, the Savannah Morning News listed Slow Fire's new home at 410 E. 37th St. "along with Boxcar Creamery and General Store." Slow Fire's online ordering page lists pickup at that address, opening Thursday at 11 a.m. No source we found says whether the full kitchen build is finished. For now, plan on a Thursday-to-Saturday barbecue stop, not a seven-day restaurant.
Two more Habersham addresses make this a real cluster. Romano Italian Grill opened at 2019 Habersham Street in the former Narobias Grits and Gravy, which closed in March 2026. Its grand opening was Sept. 22. The menu covers pizza, pasta, sandwiches, salads and desserts.
Maizal is across the street at 2018 Habersham, at the corner of East 37th. Its ribbon cutting is set for 11 a.m. on Thursday, Nov. 5. Kay Heritage and Shahin Afsharian, the partners behind Big Bon Bodega, own and run it. The concept comes from Marisol Borrego, a Big Bon team member and chef who grew up in Bogotá, Colombia. The café describes itself as Savannah's first and only gluten-free café. The menu lists arepas, Colombian-inspired bowls, handmade pastries, locally roasted Colombian coffee and smoothies, and the space will also host events.
By November, that one intersection will have barbecue from Thursday through Saturday, an Italian grill, and Colombian breakfast and coffee. A year ago the corner had a snack shop.
Two Blocks, a New Pizza Order
The pizza changes followed the same pattern, with the same food moving between addresses. Kyle Jacovino came to Savannah in 2013 to open The Florence. Pizzeria Vittoria made his name, and Food & Wine called it the best pizza in Georgia. In late July, he announced that Vittoria would close from July 31 through the end of August for a new deck oven, a reworked kitchen and a new menu. It reopened with 18-inch New York-style pies, slices and the return of meatball grinders. The dough is still naturally leavened, made for a different style.
The Neapolitan pizza is still around. It moved to Lucia Pasta Bar at 2425 Bull Street, Jacovino's sister restaurant. Over the past year, Lucia had already become the home of the whole naturally leavened Neapolitan lineup. If you used to order a charred Neapolitan pie at Starland Yard, you can now get it at Lucia.
Vittoria's New York neighbor is new this fall. Specials Pizza opened in September at 2520 De Soto Avenue, from the team behind Late Air at 2805 Bull Street. The AJC placed it on a quiet side street along the Bull Street corridor, just north of Victory Drive. The menu has slices and whole pies, four specialty pizzas including one with mushroom, garlic and crème fraîche, plus a chopped salad, calzones and meatballs. Resident DJs Zac Benton and Hunter Condron play vinyl while the bar pours cocktails, beer and zero-proof drinks. The pizzeria's website describes the feel as "no fuss, no pretense – just good music, good people, and great pizza."
As of this fall, Starland has New York slices at two spots close to each other and Neapolitan pies at a third, all within a short walk along the Bull Street corridor.
A Starland Evening, by the Clock
All these changes give the district more evening hours than it had in early 2026. Here is one way to put them together on a Friday or Saturday, using each business's most recently published hours:
- From 11 a.m. Barbecue at Slow Fire BBQ, 410 E. 37th St., Thursday through Saturday.
- 4 to 6 p.m. Hot Dog Happy Hour at The Larrikin, 2400 Bull St., Monday through Saturday.
- Dinner. A New York slice at Specials Pizza on De Soto Avenue or Pizzeria Vittoria at Starland Yard, or a Neapolitan pie at Lucia Pasta Bar, 2425 Bull St.
- Until 11 p.m. Dessert at Leopold's Ice Cream Starland, 2400 Bull St., Suite 4, on its listed Friday and Saturday hours.
In November, mornings get another option when Maizal opens with arepas and Colombian coffee at 37th and Habersham.
Several of these Starland businesses are just weeks old, and hours often change after an opening. Check each place's own site or social accounts before planning a night around them. If you have a favorite on Bull or Habersham, or you're new to the area and want to know where Savannah locals eat, The Landings Home Team would love to compare notes. Let's Start a Conversation.
