Five Daughters Bakery's 12 South flagship in Nashville opened 2015 with its 100-layer three-day doughnuts, expanded to four city locations and Goldbelly.
Tip: 100-layer doughnuts are the order; classic glaze is the marquee. They run out by 13:00 most weekends.
Yeast Nashville's Woodland Street counter in East Nashville bakes Czech-style kolaches with sausage, cheese and fruit fillings since 2014. Family-friendly.
Tip: Closed at noon every day. Mornings only. Sausage and cheese is the canonical order; cherry kolache is the sweet move.
Bakery$the-gulchDaily 07:00-15:00Walk-in onlyScratch biscuits and biscuit sandwiches
Biscuit Love's Gulch biscuit counter in Nashville opened 2012 and pioneered the city's all-day biscuit sandwich format. Now ships nationwide via Goldbelly.
Tip: Bonuts are the order; East Nashville location at 1024 Woodland gets through the queue faster on Saturdays.
Worth the queue: Bonuts (biscuit doughnuts with lemon curd)