Biscuit Love
Biscuit Love: From food truck to breakfast empire
Menu item was named 'Best Sandwich' by Bon Appetit
By Pam Windsor
NASHVILLE – Biscuit Love has been a local favorite for years, even before owners Karl and Sarah Worley opened their first brick and mortar restaurant. The two began serving their scratch biscuits and biscuit sandwiches “made with love” from a single food truck a little over a decade ago. Now they have two locations in Nashville, one in nearby Berry Farms, another in downtown Franklin, Tennessee, and one in Birmingham, Alabama.
People come for their big, fluffy buttermilk biscuits and signature menu items like their East Nasty (a biscuit topped with a fried, boneless “hot chicken,” aged cheddar, and sausage gravy), Bonuts (fried biscuit dough topped with lemon mascarpone and served over blueberry compote) or the B-roll (a biscuit cinnamon roll topped with sticky bun sauce and cream cheese icing). The menu offers a wide range of other breakfast and brunch items, such as egg plates, shrimp & grits, bubble waffles, oatmeal, granola, and much more.
The Worleys say from the earliest stages the goal has been to create food that brings people together.
“We always approached the food from a heart space place,” Sarah Worley explained.
Not only did that mean making sure their food was prepared with a lot of love, but also with fresh, locally sourced ingredients from purveyors they trust.
“We were so lucky because when we started the food truck, we were part of the Franklin Farmers Market,” Worley recalled. “So, from the very beginning we were able to work with incredible farms in our area.”
Sarah and Karl attended culinary school together in Colorado, but when they moved to Nashville and launched Biscuit Love, it was a challenging new venture. They never dreamed how far it would take them. She said it’s been an amazing journey with a lot of support from others, including a Franklin restaurant owner who let them borrow his food truck for free. They remain grateful to a very giving community.
“I think the plan was to hopefully have a brunch restaurant at some point, but, especially in the food truck days, we were barely looking past the week at hand, let alone into the future. But I don’t think I ever could have envisioned what it’s become and where it’s headed. It’s taken so many people to be part of it and make it sustainable.”
Since opening their first location in the Gulch in 2015, Biscuit Love’s popularity grew through word-of-mouth and a lot of national publicity. That same year their East Nasty sandwich was named the best sandwich in the country by the editors of Bon Appetit.
As the business continued to expand, the Worleys brought on acclaimed pastry chef, Lisa Marie White, a 2019 James Beard Award semifinalist. As culinary director, White oversees all Biscuit Love kitchens. They say she’s already helped take their vision to the next level in “incredible and wonderful” ways.
While the added locations are taking their menu to more people, they’ve found another way to spread some of their “biscuit love” beyond their physical restaurants. They recently partnered with Goldbelly which now ships their famous biscuits, jams, and more nationwide.
All Biscuit Love restaurants are open 7 a.m. to 3 p.m., and in addition to food items, serve breakfast cocktails and beverages, and take-home biscuit packs. A children's menu is also available. The two Nashville restaurants are located in the Gulch, 316 11th Ave. S, Nashville; and Hillsboro Village, 2001 Belcourt Ave., Nashville. For more, visit: www.biscuitlove.com