Where to Buy Boiled Peanuts in Savannah, GA
Georgia grows about half the peanuts in America, and Savannah is where that farm country meets the coast. Boiled peanuts here are street food as much as farm food — mobile vendors work the squares and events downtown while the markets keep them stocked the rest of the week.
The 2 stands we know in Savannah
These are real places on our boiled-peanut map — produce markets, roadside stands and vendors in and around Savannah. Stands move with the harvest, so call ahead when there's a number.
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Georgia Boy Peanuts
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Ogeechee Meat Market
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When to go
Late summer into fall is green season, but Savannah vendors keep pots going most of the warm year — which in Savannah is most of the year.
How to tell a good stand from a lazy one
- Ask if they're green. The best stands boil fresh green peanuts, not dried "raw" ones. Green peanuts get tender; dried ones fight you.
- Hot, not lukewarm. A boiled peanut is at its peak about an hour off the pot. Cold ones out of a cooler have been sitting.
- Try the plain salt batch first. Cajun and spicy are fine, but plain salt is the honest test of whether they know what they're doing.
- The shell should be soft. A properly boiled peanut has a brine-soaked shell you could almost eat. Crunchy and dry means keep driving.
A Hostess City note: a paper bag of boiled peanuts on a walk through the squares is as Savannah as it gets, and considerably cheaper than a carriage tour.
Can't find a stand? Boil your own.
Peanuts, salt, water, time — that's the whole recipe, and the free version is right here on the site. The book is the rest of it: sourcing green peanuts, the salt math, how to know when they're done, and how to freeze a batch so you can eat summer in January.