Yes, you can walk around downtown Savannah with a drink in your hand. It has to be inside the city's to-go cup zone, and there are three rules.
- The drink must be in a plastic cup. No glass and no cans.
- The cup can hold no more than 16 ounces.
- You can carry one drink at a time.
Where the Savannah to-go cup zone is
The zone covers the old downtown, from River Street south through the squares. The city publishes the exact boundary as a map.
We did not guess from a street list. We took the address of every place on this site and checked it against the city's own map. 100 of our 233 places are inside the zone.
| Part of town | Places on this site inside the zone |
|---|---|
| Historic District North | 52 |
| Broughton Street | 13 |
| River Street | 13 |
| City Market | 10 |
| Historic District South | 6 |
| Eastern Wharf, West Downtown and the Eastside edge | 6 |
Every place inside the zone says so on its own page, under "To-go cups".
The zone stops before Forsyth Park and Starland
Only 6 of the 16 places we list in the southern squares are inside. None of the 35 in the Starland District are. If you are walking south from the river with a cup, finish it before you get that far.
Good Savannah bars inside the to-go cup zone
- A dive: The Original Pinkie Masters, voted best dive bar by readers in 2026.
- A basement: Alley Cat Lounge, down a flight off a back lane.
- River Street: The Warehouse, which advertises the "Coldest, Cheapest Beer in Town".
- City Market: Wexford, Congress Street Social Club and The Rail Pub.
- A rooftop: Top Deck, Peregrin or Bar Julian.
- A quiet pint: O'Connell's Irish Pub, a room with no TVs.
Ask the bar before you walk out
Being inside the zone is a fact about the address. It does not mean a bar hands out cups. Not one bar website we read says it pours to go, so ask at the bar. Most will pour your drink into a plastic cup.
The zone boundary is the City of Savannah's own open-container map, published through the Savannah Area GIS and read on 6 October 2026. The three rules are as stated by Savannah's Waterfront, the riverfront merchants' group, and by Savannah.com. Being drunk and disorderly is still against the law.