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Is Sisters of the New South Still Open? Diners, Drive-Ins and Dives Update

Diners, Drive-Ins and Dives, Season 37 Savannah, Georgia

Current status

Open

As of October 2026, Sisters of the New South is listed open on Facebook, reviewed by our team on September 7, 2026; not yet independently confirmed through direct contact.

What the source shows: A Facebook post from the business's own page announced the Abercorn Street location, branded Sisters Southside, as open daily from 11 a.m. to 9 p.m., matching the address in the location data. How we decide a status →

What happened after Diners, Drive-Ins and Dives?

Diners, Drive-Ins and Dives visited Sisters of the New South in the episode "Seafood, Spice & Soul," which aired April 28, 2023 (S37E6), sampling the restaurant's Southern soul food entrees. Sisters of the New South is a soul food restaurant with several Savannah-area locations; the one at 8820 Abercorn Street operates under the name Sisters Southside. A post on the business's Facebook page, live as of September 8, 2026, listed the Abercorn Street location as open daily from 11 a.m. to 9 p.m. The chain's original Skidaway Road location had a Yelp listing updated July 2026 with more than 800 reviews, though that page covers a different address than the one featured here. No independent news report of a closure or ownership change at the Abercorn Street address was found.

The episode Diners, Drive-Ins and Dives, Season 37

Episode 6
Aired
Title: Seafood, Spice & Soul · What was featured: Southern soul food dinner entrees and sides
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Sources we checked 2 references

  1. Facebook https://www.facebook.com/SistersoftheSouth/
  2. sistersofthenewsouth.com https://sistersofthenewsouth.com/
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Record ddd-1394 · checked by Cal Marchetti.