CHICKEN PONTCHARTRAIN PLATTER. Pan-sautéed chicken dish topped with artichoke hearts, diced tomatoes, sherry wine sauce, olive dressing and served over white rice. Photo/ LIA VILLAR
CHICKEN PONTCHARTRAIN PLATTER. Pan-sautéed chicken dish topped with artichoke hearts, diced tomatoes, sherry wine sauce, olive dressing and served over white rice. photo/ LIA VILLAR

By LIA VILLAR

Upon entering Tibby’s New Orleans Kitchen, one is immediately surrounded by jazz music, walls covered from top to bottom with New Orleans paintings and the smiles of waiters, ready to be at one’s service.

Tibby’s is a Louisiana inspired restaurant, serving uniquely spiced foods. Here, one can start off with a popular appetizer like fried pickles ($5) or the BBQ shrimp ($14) served with a loaf of french bread.

As a main dish, ordering the Shrimp and Andouille Cheddar Grits ($15) will satisfy the larger appetites.  The dish carries sautéed shrimp with Andouille sausage, sweet onions over cheese grits and topped with a red wine gravy.

For the sea food lovers, one can order the Jambalaya, Crawfish Pie, File Gumbo ($12). This dish comes with sautéed crawfish, fresh vegetables is in a pastry shell and fried, comes with one pie, Andouille sausage Jambalaya  and a cup of Chicken and Andouille File Gumbo. File is a local seasoning from New Orleans.

Ordering the red beans and rice platter (cup $5.50, bowl $11) may seem like a standard, boring dish but at Tibby’s, it’s anything but ordinary. This dish includes red beans slowly cooked with ham and grilled cajun hot sausage served on  top of rice.

For a taste of Louisiana in the Orlando area, Tibby’s New Orleans Kitchen is the place to go. The service is very attentive, stopping by from time to time to ask about one’s dish, and welcoming new customers.

The Dish

4 out of 5 stars

Where: 2203 Aloma Ave, Winter Park, FL 32792

When: Monday – Thursday 11 a.m. – 10 p.m.

Friday & Saturday 11 a.m. – 10:30 p.m.

Sunday 11 a.m. – 9:30 p.m.

How much: $5-$25

Wheelchair access: easy

Noise level: normal chatter

Contact: (407)672-5753

Online: Tibbysneworleanskitchen.com

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