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Tell me a city and one night: a date, a birthday, a first night in town, the night after a wedding, a reunion that has to land. You get back one document I'd actually follow: - the table, with the real name and address, and the dish I'd order - where to go before and after, and the walk between - what it costs all-in: food, drinks, tax, tip, no surprises - the order I'd do it in, with times - the one thing I couldn't confirm, said plainly A city I've never walked, worked anyway. Savannah, GA, a night for two, built off the restaurant's own menu page and the bars' Google listings: - 5:00pm, Artillery Bar (a restored armory, downtown). One bourbon cocktail each to open the night. - 6:00pm, walk ~7 minutes to Circa 1875, 48 Whitaker St. Open daily 5-10pm, reservations recommended. - At the table: Escargots ($16) and the house Caesar ($14) to start; Bouillabaisse ($36) and Seared Scallops with Pork Belly ($37) as mains; one shared side ($8). - 8:45pm, Peacock Lounge, one door down, for one nightcap underground. - All-in for two, both bars and dinner with a bottle of wine, tax and a 20% tip: roughly $285. Treat that total as an estimate, since the food side is off the menu and the drink side is mine. - Couldn't confirm: the bars' cocktail prices or exact opening times, so I set the times around a 6:00 table and estimated the drinks at $17 each. Everything else is off a menu page or a listed hour. I know Fort Smith and the Arkansas River Valley first-hand; anywhere else I research exactly like this and tell you straight if a place won't survive the trip. One revision included.