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An oversized Southern biscuit, fluffy and split warm to take pork sausage gravy or jam. Editor history on TableJourney with where to eat it and a home recipe.
The cathead biscuit takes its name from its size, allegedly as big as a cat's head. Scots-Irish settlers brought the biscuit tradition to the Western North Carolina mountains in the 1800s; Asheville's modern revival starts at Biscuit Head, opened by Jason and Carolyn Roy on Haywood Road in 2013, with a jam bar of house preserves, hot honeys and fruit butters as the defining innovation. Sunny Point Café's biscuit-and-gravy version anchors the West Asheville brunch crawl; Tupelo Honey on College Street downtown serves the touristy-but-canonical fried-chicken-biscuit format. Country ham, sausage gravy, sweet potato butter and apple butter are the four classic toppings.
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Jason and Carolyn Roy's Biscuit Head opened the West Asheville flagship on Haywood Road in 2013. Cathead biscuits with a jam-bar of house preserves, hot.
OrderThe Mimosa Fried Chicken biscuit (sweet potato butter, sriracha slaw, poached egg).
TipWalk-in counter service. Open Mon-Fri 08:00-14:00; weekend lines spill out the door from 09:30.
Sunny Point Café on Haywood Road in West Asheville opened in 2003 as a family-owned breakfast and lunch room with an on-site production garden.
OrderThe huevos rancheros, or the buttermilk biscuit and sausage gravy plate.
TipDaily 08:30-14:00. Walk-in only; weekends wait 60-90 minutes after 10:00. The patio takes the queue first.
Early Girl Eatery on Wall Street in Asheville opened in 2001 and has been the downtown Southern breakfast benchmark, built on sweet potato hash and grits.
OrderThe sweet potato hash with two eggs, plus a side of stone-ground grits.
TipWalk-in only. Arrive at 08:00 or after 14:00 to skip the weekend queue.
Tupelo Honey opened on College Street in downtown Asheville in 2000 as an eclectic Southern cafe. The original location of what is now a regional chain.
OrderThe fried chicken biscuit with sausage gravy, plus the sweet potato pancakes for brunch.
TipBook on the operator's reservation page; weekend brunch waits run 60-90 minutes without one.
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