Saltmarsh Starland · Savannah
The dining room at Saltmarsh Café in the morning light, with wooden tables and the espresso bar along the wall

Saltmarsh Café

A bright corner for coffee in Starland

Single-origin espresso pulled to order, cold brew on tap and honey lavender lattes, with oat milk we make in the kitchen. Sisters Renée and Odessa Pruitt pull the shots and run the ovens.

Open every day7am to 3pm

About us

Two sisters, one small kitchen and a bakery case that fills up by seven

Saltmarsh is a coffee shop in Savannah's Starland District. We open at seven and close at three, and most of what you eat was made in the kitchen behind the counter that morning.

  • Espresso, cold brew and honey lavender lattes, with house-made oat milk
  • Breakfast biscuits with pimento cheese, avocado toast and shrimp and grits on weekends
  • Pound cakes and hand pies, baked on site and sold until they run out
More about us
  • 7amDoors open and the first biscuits come out of the oven
  • 3pmLast pour of the day, then we bake for tomorrow
  • DailySeven days a week, from 7am to 3pm
Three lattes with rosetta latte art on a wooden table
A barista pouring steamed milk into a cup at the espresso machine

Our team

Renée pulls the shots. Odessa runs the ovens.

Saltmarsh is Renée and Odessa Pruitt's shop. Renée looks after the coffee and Odessa bakes, and there is a good chance one of them will hand you your cup.

Meet the sisters

Coffee, breakfast and the bakery case

The kitchen changes things with the seasons, and the case rarely looks the same two days running.

A cup of black coffee on a wooden table Avocado toast with radish on thick sourdough A cappuccino and a biscuit on a wooden table

Coffee and cold drinks

  • Single-origin espressoA rotating single origin, ground and pulled to order.
  • Cold brew on tapSteeped overnight and poured from the tap, so nothing gets watered down.
  • Honey lavender latteEspresso, honey, lavender and steamed milk.
  • House-made oat milkMade in the kitchen each morning, and it goes in anything on the board.

Breakfast and the bakery case

  • Breakfast biscuitButtermilk biscuit with pimento cheese, warm from the oven.
  • Avocado toastThick sourdough, avocado and flaky salt.
  • Shrimp and gritsWeekends only, until the pot runs out.
  • Pound cake and hand piesBaked on site and sold from the case while it lasts.

See the full menu

What Saltmarsh is known for

Single-origin espresso

The espresso changes every week or so, and there is always a filter coffee beside it on the board.

Cold brew on tap

Steeped overnight and poured straight from the tap, so it never gets watery.

House-made oat milk

Made in the kitchen each morning, because that is what makes our lattes taste like ours.

Shrimp and grits on weekends

Saturday and Sunday mornings, cooked to order while the pot lasts.

A latte in a green cup on a dark wooden table
Hands tamping ground coffee in a portafilter

Inside the café

Wooden tables, tall windows, local art on the walls and the espresso bar at the end of the counter.

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Cold brew poured from the tap into a glass of ice
A buttermilk biscuit filled with pimento cheese Hand pies and pound cake in the bakery case
Framed paintings hung above a bench in the café Small tables and plants in the upstairs room

Laptop tables upstairs, local art on the walls

The room above the shop is set up with tables for working, and the art changes every month. The back room can be reserved by phone for book clubs and small showers.

Testimonials

We book the back room on Wednesday mornings and stay until the pound cake runs out. Nobody has ever had to ask us twice to come back.

Nadia, book club regular