Southern flaky buttermilk biscuits split and smothered in pork-sausage cream gravy black with pepper. The defining Atlanta diner breakfast and Sunday-morning brunch staple.
Biscuits and gravy is the foundational Southern breakfast, with documented origins in 19th-century Appalachian and Piedmont kitchens. The dish became canonical at Atlanta's Waffle House (founded 1955 in Avondale Estates) and the city's diner counters. Atlanta Breakfast Club, Thumbs Up Diner and Mary Mac's Tea Room serve the modern Atlanta benchmark; the dish remains the cheap-and-filling Atlanta breakfast classic.
4 editor picks for Biscuits and sausage gravy in Atlanta, ranked by editorial score. All Atlanta signature dishes · Biscuits and sausage gravy across every city.
Mary Mac's Tea Room ★ 4.6
midtown · 224 Ponce de Leon Ave NE, Atlanta, GA 30308
Mary Mac's Tea Room in Atlanta opened 1945 and runs Southern Sunday dinner classics in a four-dining-room compound on Ponce de Leon, with the same recipes.
Atlanta Breakfast Club ★ 4.3
downtown · 249 Ivan Allen Jr Blvd, Atlanta, GA 30313
Atlanta Breakfast Club on Ivan Allen Jr Boulevard in downtown Atlanta runs all-day Southern breakfast: crispy chicken biscuits, chicken and waffles.
Thumbs Up Diner ★ 4.1
old-fourth-ward · 573 Edgewood Ave SE, Atlanta, GA 30312
Thumbs Up Diner on Edgewood Avenue in Old Fourth Ward, Atlanta runs all-day breakfast and burritos since 2002. Open daily 07:00-15:00. At 573 Edgewood Ave SE.
Waffle House (Howell Mill) ★ 4.0
west-midtown · 1700 Howell Mill Rd, Atlanta, GA 30318
Waffle House on Howell Mill in Atlanta runs 24/7 like the rest of the 90-plus metro locations: scattered-smothered hash browns, pecan waffles.