It’s over.

After more than a month of buildup, Savannah’s St. Patrick’s Day Festival has come to a close, and the Hostess City and her visitors are in recovery mode.

On Sunday, the streets were still crowded, albeit much less so than Saturday. But folks were still downtown, nursing hangovers and drooling over brunch specials.

The crowds of tourists and locals alike filled Savannah’s historic streets and squares on Saturday for the parade.

In the past, those crowds have caused issues when it comes to the post-parade cleanup. In 2018, city leaders bemoaned the condition of Chippewa Square after the parade.

This year, extra enforcement efforts were implemented to reduce the amount of underage drinking and littering, especially in Chippewa.

But Chippewa wasn’t the worst square this year. Facebook photos posted by the city on Saturday showed a grim view of Wright Square

Savannah Mayor Eddie DeLoach said the city was “still tweaking” their formula for keeping the squares clean during the festival.

“Wright shouldn’t have been in the shape it was in, but we’ll just have to learn from that going forward,” DeLoach said. “I think the group might’ve moved down to Wright Square, I could be wrong, but it was trashed, and the rest were in good shape.”

DeLoach said overall, the crowds, while dense, were not unruly.

“All in all, I think folks were well behaved and everybody had a great time,” DeLoach said. “Everywhere I was walking, folks seemed to be enjoying themselves. They weren’t necessarily rowdy, just enjoying the day.”

Despite the partly cloudy weather, Moon River was a popular pit stop for revelers seeking a beer on Saturday, Manager Destinie Rodriguez said.

“It was fun. It was a fun turnout overall, but it was definitely different than last year. I know all the staff is ready to have their day off and be over this and the color green, but in 365 more days, we’ll be prepared again.”

On Sunday, a group from Atlanta spread a giant pizza box from Kay’s Pizza — formerly Sweet Melissa’s — on the hood of an SUV parked on Congress Street.

There, Kadeeja Taylor, Bernice Bakayoko and Bobby Hunt feasted after a long night of partying.

“We come every year,” Hunt said.

This year, they decided to bring along Bakayoko. It was her first time heading down for the festivities, and she said she enjoyed herself.

“It was awesome,” Bakayoko said. “I’ve already booked the hotel for next year.”

“And you have to do that,” Taylor laughed. “As soon as you leave, book for the next year. Either way, you’re paying a lot of money for a room that you won’t be in. We stayed out here the first night until five o’clock in the morning. We were out for a long time.”

The group wasn’t out quite so late on Saturday, but they said they had a good time roaming from River Street to City Market.

“We left earlier, but that’s probably because we overdid it on Friday.”

Over at Little Duck Diner, there was a line of people waiting outside for a table around noon. A group of four University of Georgia students opted to dine outside, enjoying a spread of chicken and waffles, omelets and other breakfast staples.

Avery Kurth, Allie LaMontagne, Kat Baker and Katie Presswood said they had quite a weekend celebrating in the city.

“It was awesome,” LaMontagne said. “We just kinda walked around and drank yesterday. We saw some of the parade, drank some free beer.”

On Monday, the city will host a press conference about arrests in the festival zone, statistics, wristband sales and answer the questions of local media.

The press conference will be held at 11 a.m. Monday in Chippewa Square

DeLoach said he had a good St. Patrick’s Day, spending time with his family both during and after the parade.

“I walked out, got to shake hands with everybody. I had my wife with me and my brother was driving me in the parade. My grandson and son were out there with me. I had it going on. I had a great time,” DeLoach said. “I hope everybody had as good a time as I did.”