Savannah St. Patrick’s celebration-goers looking for a Sunday Guiness the weekend before the parade may now have a stroke of Irish luck.
Georgia state law permits municipalities to designate one Sunday a year for on-premises alcohol sales. The City of Savannah passed a resolution Thursday making March 15, the Sunday before the parade, its day for Sunday sales.
“Historically, participation in the hospitality industry is strongest when the authorized Sunday immediately precedes the holiday,” said Savannah City Manager Jay Melder in a memo to the city’s revenue manager…