![]() ![]() Reading the names of dishes on the menu might give you a belly laugh at this Kentucky-based chain with two locations in Alabama. (Biscuit Belly: Huntsville/Facebook) Biscuit Belly (Huntsville, Hoover) The Extreme B&G bridges both, with a maple sausage meatball, eggs, and shiitake gravy straddling a pair of biscuits. ![]() Billing itself as “comfort food with a modern twist,” some of Maple Street’s biscuits come with the familiar breakfast toppings others funky choices like shiitake mushroom gravy or goat cheese. The biscuits at Cracker Barrel’s hipper step-sibling get their distinct flavor from the maple syrup that is added to the dough. Maple Street Biscuit (Homewood, Mobile, Madison) The Princess biscuit pays tribute to the original Nashville Hot Chicken invented by Prince’s restaurant. Breakfast biscuit options include eggs, country ham, and even an Elvis-worthy version with peanut butter frosting, fresh bananas, and pretzel crunch, served atop chocolate gravy. The dough is also used for Bonuts (think biscuit-dough beignets) and The B-roll cinnamon roll. The distinctive cube-shaped buttermilk biscuits at this Nashville-based chain are suitable for breakfast or brunch. At some, like Biscuit Love, you can even order a batch to be shipped to your home. Here are a handful of places to sneak out early to on National Buttermilk Biscuit Day to bring home for Mother’s Day, or treat Mom to brunch. Any southern cook worth his or her salt will tell you the two most important ingredients for light and flaky biscuits are flour from soft red winter wheat (like White Lily) and buttermilk. For more information, visit biscuits feed the soul of the South. Located at 3419 Colonnade Parkway, Suite 100, Flying Biscuit will be open 7 a.m. “We want to tie into the community and become part of that arts community,” Joe Yund said. ![]() The location will also offer live entertainment on Thursday, Friday and Saturday nights and some Sundays. The Colonnade store will also offer a new dinner menu - including items such as chicken and waffles - that Flying Biscuit is rolling out at selected locations, according to Joe Yund. The new Flying Biscuit will have fresh ingredients, including produce, and all of the food - including the baked goods - will be prepared fresh daily, according to Joe Yund. “Southern-inspired comfort food makes people think about happy family memories,” he said. In fact, almost anything on the Flying Biscuit menu can inspire warm feelings, according to Joe Yund. “We can all get together, especially on Saturday and Sunday.” “It's a chance to go to a restaurant and get that kind of comfort food.”īreakfast can also be a “family time,” Joe Yund said. “It may bring them back to the time when their mom or dad would cook breakfast for them,” he said. There’s also the emotional appeal of a hot, sit-down breakfast, according to Greg Yund. ”Everyone loves breakfast food,” Greg Yund said. It’s a big draw for Flying Biscuit that it serves breakfast all day, the owners said. The other owners are Joe Yund’s wife, Ann Greg Yund’s wife, Morgan and Ernie and Gretchen Kennamer. Measuring about 3,900 square feet, the new restaurant will seat about 140, including outside cafe seating. “People love Flying Biscuit no matter their age,” he said. The chain’s appeal cuts across different demographics, according Joe Yund’s son, Greg Yund, who co-owns and will manage The Colonnade location. “It feels like a local neighborhood spot, no matter where it is.” The food has been fantastic.”Īll of the Flying Biscuit locations have a “charming atmosphere,” he said. “I visited stores that have been in business 25 years and stores in North Carolina and South Carolina that have been open 10 years,” he said. The local operators will seek to maintain the consistency of product and service that inspired co-owner Joe Yund when he researched the franchise opportunity. ![]() Now Birmingham diners can see what the buzz is about, because a new Flying Biscuit Cafe is set to open at The Colonnade sometime this summer. The chain has 19 locations in four states with more coming soon, and each store bakes almost 5,000 of its signature biscuits weekly, according to the company’s website.Īnd Flying Biscuit offers a wide menu of updated Southern staples and traditional items with a twist, including chorizo hash, Creamy Dreamy Grits, oven-fried green tomatoes, “Not Your Mama’s Pimento Cheese,” chicken salad, turkey pot roast and shrimp and grits.Īccording to the website, not a single Flying Biscuit Cafe has closed. That formula, which Flying Biscuit management continues to follow, has worked. The first Flying Biscuit Cafe opened in Atlanta’s Candler Park area in 1993 with a friendly, neighborhood vibe, fresh ingredients, Southern-style comfort food and breakfast served all day. ![]()
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