First City Brewery is ready to pour in Savannah’s Thomas Square neighborhood, and honestly, it feels like exactly the kind of place this stretch of town has been waiting for.
The new brewery is located in the building formerly occupied by Sweet Patricia’s Italian Bakery, which a lot of people in the neighborhood will remember well. Now, instead of pastries and Italian sweets, the space is home to seven beers, a small neighborhood taproom, and a couple who clearly wanted to build something Savannah could use more of: a casual, community-minded place to grab a beer and hang out.
The owners are E.J. McLean and Lindsay Birch-McLean, who moved to Savannah in May of 2024 and pretty quickly noticed something that a lot of us have said out loud over the years. Lindsay had lived here before, she knew the turf. She knew they’d consider settling here…