Ask anyone why they love Savannah, and there's a good chance one of the answers will boast about the city's food scene.

Every corner is bustling with dining and drinking spots that satisfy various tastes. Lucky for locals and tourists alike, there's never a shortage of spots to visit, especially when new businesses are rolling in every month.

Here is an update on incoming restaurants.

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Incoming Restaurants

King Oliver's Creole Jazz Bar

514 Martin Luther King, Jr. Blvd.; https://kocjbsav.com/

Joseph Nathan “King” Oliver’s legacy as a pioneering jazz trumpet and cornet player is being recognized with a new jazz bar in Savannah. A mentor to Louis Armstrong and famous for his use of mutes, derbies, bottles and cups to alter the sound of his cornet, Oliver is one of the most important figures of early jazz. With the new bar and restaurant on Martin Luther King Jr. Boulevard, new and old fans of jazz will get to experience the blend of the past and future.

The building has gone through many changes from a blues club, a funeral home, an arcade, seven restaurants ― even a pool hall that Oliver worked at before his death in 1938. Now, Darin Farr is developing a concept that came to him 27 years ago while working in Disney productions, and one he hopes will keep Oliver’s legacy alive.

“It's about tradition and honor. I think we've lost that — the honor of someone and their contribution here on earth. It's not just a name. It's not just a pitch. It's not just a restaurant. It's a memorial to a point,” Farr said.  “And I think my vision is based on that, is what is driving it more than anything, and it's also one of those things, too, where we do it right or don't do it.”

At the front of the house sits a dimly lit club that transports guests back to the feel of early 20th-century jazz clubs with red accents, a band stage and a mural painted by David Laughlin that depicts King Oliver’s Creole Jazz Band. Walk a little further down a narrow hall and you’re then transported to Agatha’s Coffee and Tea House, a new cafe that celebrates mystery writers and is manned by co-owner Taia Harris. The restaurant also features a courtyard and a free parking lot.

Savannah has been a leading center for jazz since the 1920s and local festivals, committees and restaurants have helped to keep the art form alive in modern times, appealing to both locals and tourists. For Farr and Harris, their drive is making King Oliver’s Jazz Bar a community watering hole where jazz music, music education and locals mesh together.

“This is not a Hilton Head one-percenter club. The opposite. This is the local saxophonist. This is the local harmonica player. This is the jazz trio. This is the ‘Hey, we have this to offer and we’re only available one night of the week.’ Great. Well, come be our jazz artist on that one night of the week.”

Farr said there will be a variety of jazz played at the restaurant from a Louis Armstrong feel to Dinah Washington, Ella Fitzgerald or Chet Baker. The ultimate goal is to make audiences happy.

“This is about community. Together. Us. Savannah needs this. It absolutely needs this, and I feel like the community needs to support this.”

Farr said he and his team are still working to open the restaurant and have created a GoFundMe for donations that can be found at www.gofundme.com/

Expected opening; August

This article originally appeared on Savannah Morning News: Savannah's King Oliver's Jazz Bar to open in August