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What could be better than the popular soul food and entertainment hot spot of Hilton Head Island, Ruby Lee’s? The new Ruby Lee’s on Wild Horse!

The new Ruby Lee’s offers more of what patrons of Hilton Head Island have come to love and expect in the past: delicious Southern cooking and a comfortable yet stimulating atmosphere that offers the perfect way to enjoy sports or outstanding blues, jazz and soul from local and regional artists.

If you’re not familiar with Ruby Lee’s, it’s a locally owned restaurant, started by Tim Singleton (known to Lowcountry residents as an athlete and high school coach), and his mother, Deborah Govan. The restaurant is named for Singleton’s late grandmother, who is the inspiration for the Southern-style menu. “Ruby Lee is the matriarch of our family. I always thought of her as my heart with arms and legs,” Singleton said.

The new and revamped version of the original; yet it still captures the Southern feel-good themes that have an uncanny way of making you hungry for fried chicken, shrimp and grits, corn bread, and sweet tea the moment you walk in the door.

The interior décor at Ruby Lee’s is filled with the warmth of brick and wood, complemented by Southern artwork, along with the whimsical and classy light shades made of oyster shells, which are constant and subtle reminders that you’re in the Lowcountry.

If, for some reason, you’re not quite ready to eat after walking in the door of Ruby Lee’s, you’ll notice a pang of hunger once you look at the menu. “Our food ideas come from Ruby Lee and from family recipes. But the whole food experience is completed by the chef and our outstanding staff, without whom Ruby Lee’s would not be what it is today,” Singleton said. And he couldn’t be more right. Employees at Ruby Lee’s always seem to be smiling, as if they were happy customers themselves, and with a wait-until-you-try-this look on their faces when describing a food item.