Where To Find The Best Biscuits And Gravy In America

Is there any dish more down-home country than a big plate of fresh-from-the-oven biscuits, doused in a ladleful of thick, rich, creamy sausage cream gravy? We sure don't think so, so we're honoring the 10 restaurants in America that are doing it best. 

Biscuit Love got its start as a food truck in 2012, and the biscuits served by the husband-and-wife duo, Karl and Sarah Worley, proved to be so popular that last year they opened a brick-and-mortar restaurant in The Gulch. Their "East Nasty," a biscuit sandwich with fried chicken, Cheddar, and sausage gravy, is a wonder to behold, but a plain biscuit with sausage gravy (chocolate and tomato gravy are also available) is the dish to order. Also make sure you try the "Bonuts," fried biscuit dough with lemon mascarpone and blueberry compote.

Find more details on Biscuit Love here.

With a handful of locations in Arizona, Nevada, Washington, and Oregon, Biscuits Café got its start in Oregon City in 1998 and is still going strong. The reason? Its wide variety of breakfasts, anchored by its flagship dish: biscuits and gravy. The biscuits are fresh from the oven (made from scratch at each location), and the gravy is thick, creamy, and served in ample portions.

Find more details on Biscuits Café here.

No trip to Asheville is complete without a trip to Early Girl Eatery, a certified institution celebrating its 15th year in business. Serving farm-to-table, scratch-made Southern fare, the restaurant has especially made a name for itself with its all-day breakfast. You get two gravy options to go along with their homemade biscuits: one made with smoky thick-cut Benton's bacon, and a vegetarian one that's proved to be very popular with the herbivores.

Find more details on Early Girl Eatery here.

This legendary family-run restaurant has been a Route 66 destination since it opened in 1947, and it's popular with truckers, locals, and tourists alike. Scratch-made biscuits are simply made with just flour, baking powder, and milk; and all that's in the gravy is homemade sausage, flour, salt, pepper, and milk. But when they come together, the whole is a lot greater than the sum of their parts, and it's one of the best breakfast dishes you'll find anywhere. Even better: It's served for free alongside all the breakfast options.

Find more details on Emma Jean's Holland Burger Café here.

Much ink has been spilled about Robert Stehling's down-home Charleston institution: Just about every menu item, from the fried chicken to the shrimp and grits, is an essentially perfect representation of the form. And the same can, of course, be said about its biscuits and gravy. The biscuits are tall, layered, light, and slightly chewy, and the sausage gravy (made with homemade sausage, of course) is absolute perfection. And so is the famed "Charleston Nasty Biscuit," which adds on fried chicken breast and cheddar. Often imitated, never replicated.

Find more details on Hominy Grill here.

In business since 1951, this legendary Nashville restaurant serves what very well might be the best biscuits in the world (not even exaggerating), based on a recipe created by founder Anne Loveless himself and closely guarded to this day. If it's possible to improve on perfection, it's done by serving the biscuits alongside rich and creamy gravy. Thankfully, every breakfast slate is served with biscuits, so you don't have to miss out.

Find more details on Loveless Café here.

A Dallas landmark, this institution has been serving real Southern home cooking since 1956. It's their breakfasts that put them on the map, though, anchored by giant, super-fluffy biscuits and rick, thick homemade gravy. And make sure you save room for dessert, even if it's before noon: Their "Mile High Cream Pies" are legendary.

Find more details on Norma's Café here.

Great biscuits and gravy? In New York City? Yes, indeed: You can find them at Pies 'n' Thighs, which also happens to make fried chicken, chicken and waffles, pies, and fried catfish that can compete with any of the South's best. These hot, layered, and crispy buttermilk biscuits are smothered in a gravy that's absolutely loaded with massive chunks of homemade sausage; seriously, you'll need a knife and fork to get through this one. No other biscuits and gravy is quite like the one served at Pies 'n' Thighs.

Find more details on Pies 'n' Thighs here.

The biscuits at this popular (and rapidly expanding) Portland gem first caught on at an insanely popular booth at the Portland Farmers Market, and are huge, layered, super-buttery, and (most importantly) serve as a perfect base for a hearty herb and sausage gravy. Think you can handle the addition of eggs, bacon, cheese, and fried chicken? Then don't miss the "Reggie Deluxe."

Find more details on Pine State Biscuits here.

Breakfast is served all day at this Atlanta-based mini-chain, which got its start in 1993 and today has a handful of locations in the area as well as ones in Florida and North Carolina. If some restaurants are a little skimpy on the gravy, this place goes overboard, in a good way: Their biscuits are topped with a heaping ladleful of creamy gravy, made with their house-special turkey sausage. And as for those biscuits? They're so popular that each location goes through nearly 1,000 each day.

Find more details on The Flying Biscuit Café here.