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Two-story red brick corner building with black awnings over the windows and a corner entrance, a sign reading "Crystal Beer Parlor, est. 1933, Savannah" above the door, and a Pabst neon sign in an upstairs window. A green Jefferson street sign stands at the curb.Photo: Seasider53, CC BY-SA 4.0

Crystal Beer Parlor

3 published accounts
Historic site, Restaurant and barHistoric District, Savannah
Open to the public11 AM to 9 PMSee hours
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Open to the public11 AM to 9 PM

Crystal Beer Parlor is a working restaurant open to customers during dining hours. The upstairs is private residential space; do not enter without permission.

What people recorded here

3 published accounts, each credited to its source

Crystal Beer Parlor is a restaurant and bar at 301 W Jones Street in Savannah's Historic District, open since 1933 and known for burgers, 26 beers on tap and walls of local memorabilia 1, 2. Owner John Nichols told Savannah Magazine in 2019 that the building is haunted, citing an upstairs tenant who felt a tug on her toe and heard a little girl giggling, a customer's photograph of the front door that showed a woman holding a child, and a disconnected pay phone that rang three times 2. Visitors commonly describe a child's laughter from the upper floor, figures turning up in photographs of the doorway, and the old pay phone ringing on a line that has been dead for years.

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Published accounts 3

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Savannah Magazine3 accounts · Nov 12, 2019

According to Nichols, the restaurant's pay phone had been out of service for years when it rang three times a few months after he took over the business. He answered and heard silence, and said it has not happened since.

Electrical disturbance

Pay phone by the dining room

Savannah Magazine quoted owner John Nichols saying the restaurant's upstairs tenant had told him several times that she was in bed and felt someone tugging on her toe while hearing a little girl giggling.

Disembodied voice · Touched

Upstairs apartment

Nichols described a customer who took two photographs of the front door through an open car window. The first showed only the door; the second, he said, showed a woman holding a child. The photo hangs by the pay phone.

Apparition · Photo or video anomaly

Front door