My mother and I had the opportunity to visit Nellie’s Southern Cafe, located in the blossoming Midtown section of Harrisburg, on Reilly St (off 3rd St). This is a brand new, family-run cafe, owned by Tony Tumer, that is open during breakfast and lunch hours. Its small but cozy, with a touch of upscale charm. Our gracious host and server was Tony himself, and in his usual fashion, he was very attentive, swift and generous.

This cafe serves an array of southern-oriented dishes and being from a southern family myself, I was pleased to see one of my favorites, fried fish and grits, which was what I ordered with a side of homefries and a glass of sweet tea. My mother was only in the mood for light faire, so her choice was the eggs, grits, homefries and toast, and a cup of coffee.

I enjoyed my meal; I thought it was pretty good, being such a new place. (Its only been open for 3 weeks now.) Not everyone can make fish & grits to my liking, but I can say that I enjoyed mine here.

We were in and out in under an hour, which is good time for the meals that they serve. I plan to return and try out more items from the menu.

I’d like to congratulate Tony on this new business venture. Its great to see new entrepreneurs bringing new businesses to the area. Please do go ahead and try a meal for yourselves. 😀