You can get yummy, southern and classic meals and fixin's at Angie's Restaurant

Angie's Restaurant on Garner Road in Garner, N.C., bills itself as a place customers can get "Southern breakfasts and lunch classics." When I first read that description at Angie's website, which was before I ever visited the place, it occurred to me as pretty vague.

But after two visits to Angie's now, I can see that Angie's has got so much going for it, and it doesn't have to say a whole lot more ... much less a whole lot at all. Period. That's because people have been coming to the quaint, cozy eatery for years. Both times I've been there since "discovering" Angie's two and a half weeks ago, I left feeling better than when I arrived.

And both times Lee Ann and I had cheerful, helpful servers who made us feel like we'd been regulars for decades, even though we were -- in common vernacular -- "newbies." Our server this week even engaged us in a conversation about her family's fanaticism with the Beatles. That exchange started when she noticed my Beatles logo hoodie that I was wearing.

Even better is that the food has been very good. Because of Lee Ann's sensitivities to dairy and artificial ingredients, we have to be careful where we spend money on the things we eat -- both when grocery shopping and when dining out.

Lee Ann has a particular fondness for liver, so when she saw that Angie's offered fried chicken liver and gizzards as a special on Wednesdays, we visited Angie's for the first time on a Wednesday. She really enjoyed the meal, so when we got the dining-out hungries again this Wednesday, we headed back there. She again ordered the liver (above), this time with black-eyed peas and hush puppies as her sides. I had an item off the breakfast menu on the first visit; the second time, I chose the Reuben sandwich and fries (below).

In the history of Angie's that I found at the eatery's website (follow the link in the lead paragraph), you'll learn that the restaurant started as Green's Garner Grill after World War II. Owner Durwood Green converted an old barn into the restaurant and kept the place going for decades not because he was making a lot of money, but because he enjoyed the interaction and camaraderie with loyal customers.

When Angie Mikus took over in 2011, one of her motivations was the same as Green's -- to relish in the interaction with patrons. So it's not surprising that not only does a large mural of the eatery bearing its original name appear on a prominent wall in the dining area (see lead-off photo), but the woman in the orange shirt facing the viewer on the left looks an awful lot like Mikus. I'm going to take a leap of faith and presume the white-haired gentleman on the right in the mural is Green.

Above and below are two views of Angie's exterior. The bench you see in both photos is one option for customers waiting for tables to open up. There is a small waiting room just inside the door as well. That's where the yellow bench (second photo below) is located. That's Garner Road on the far right in the photo below. 

Just outside the main entrance are some boxes with periodicals ... and a sign extending a nod to the savior in the Christian faith (above). There is a snowman decoration sign on the exterior (below) and at least one snowman inside a window pane indoors. 

Above: The sign promoting specials on the first day were there. 

Above and next two below are shots of the eatery's interior, including a perspective shot of the mural (above).