Upperline was a quick 10-minute stroll from Southern Comfort (our B&B) on a beautiful winter night. The establishment is painted bright yellow and consists of a renovated abode that is absolutely charming and decorated with the work by local artists. You can tell that the owner/maitre'd is thoroughly enamored with this city. Her natural Southern charm emanates as she floats from table to table, looking after and catering to the well-being of all of the patrons.
The menu was composed of various traditional New Orleans and Louisiana favorites with a tempting tasting portion (for$36) that included six tasting-size portions of items like duck etoufee, corn cakes with pepper jelly, andouille gumbo, turtle soup, fried green tomatoes with remoulade sauce, bread pudding and pecan pie. Unfortunately, we had had a rather large lunch and none of us felt able, in good conscious, to tackle such a repast. We did sample the fried green tomatoes (of movie fame). They were delightfully crisp and the spicy remoulade sauce was the perfect compliment. We also sampled spicy shrimp with jalapeno cornbread (the cornbread was four-stars!) and crispy oysters with aioli. Two of us decided on Cane River shrimp (a house specialty. The men went with Towman's Duck (I tasted it-yum), and Salmon with Spinach. It was all a delight to the senses, but we had not a speck of room left for dessert, although they sounded terrific. Never eat a large lunch and plan to eat a large dinner in New Orleans! Our reservations had been made for 6:30pm, which was way too early to accommodate our appetites.