NaRobia’s Grits & Gravy says goodbye
After 23 years of serving Savannah with authentic Lowcountry soul food, specializing in breakfast and brunch, NaRobia’s Grits & Gravy announced its closing on Facebook on Thursday, March 5.
“We have served our community at three different locations for 23 years,” said Sieda Reid, daughter of Renee Reid, who opened the restaurant with Howard Reid in 2000, originally called NaRobia’s Bea’s Bontons on Waters Avenue and 34th St. “It’s such a bittersweet moment, but a well-deserved retirement for my mother, especially. She served you all every day, some days tired, some days grieving, some days not wanting to, but she pushed and prayed her way through giving it all she got.”
In 2012, after a four-year-hiatus, the Reids relocated NaRobia’s into the Habersham Street Location and added Grits & Gravy to its name, according to previous reporting by the Savannah Morning News. It closed again in December 2019 for what was going to be a six-month hiatus that ended up being 20 due to COVID, and reopened in 2021…