Addie's

Got back to Addie's for lunch for the first time in a couple of years and it's still great -- what a hidden gem! After some negotiation with the hostess, got a table in the outer wing with windows on three sides, which makes it bright and cheery (instead of stuck in the little passage-way where they first tried to seat me).

I had the shrimp and grits for the first time there, and it was delicious. Plenty of good-sized shrimp, plump and cooked just right with a nice tomato-onion sauce. The grits were excellent -- creamy, cheesy, gone in a flash. My companion wasn't even half-way through his more voluminous po' boy sandwich with fries.

Everything I saw -- the po' boy, the steak-frites, the risotto of the day -- looked very appetizing. I was encouraged enough to order the dessert special -- a goat cheese cheesecake -- which was light and just the right touch for a lunch dessert.

Addie's comes into its own in the summer, with extensive terraces in front and back, but this cheery little winter lunch was just right.