Best biscuits
Breakfast at the Silver Skillet with the tasty biscuit that you picked as the best in and around Atlanta. Staff photo.
YOUR PICKS (locals)
1. Silver Skillet
You say, “The best biscuits are at the Silver Skillet on 14th in Atlanta. Fluffy, light and buttery, they are fabulous with jam or gravy. And our favorite waitress, Caroline will bring them with a smile!”
2. Thumbs Up Diner
3. Little Barn
4. Mountain Biscuits
5. Stilesboro Biscuiits
6. Fagan’s Biscuit Barn
A plate of the namesake biscuits at the Flying Biscuit Cafe. They were your pick for best biscuits at a chain in and around Atlanta. Photo: Renee Brock / Special
1. Flying Biscuit Cafe
You say, “Of course the BEST is the Flying Biscuit! None else come close” and “The Flying Biscuit is THE BEST. Hands down.”
2. Red Lobster
3. Martin’s (tie)
3. Hardee’s (tie)
4. Bojangles’
5. Popeyes
Biscuits aren't just for breakfast, as this buttered and pan-seared masterpiece, accompanying a plate of pork barbecue and sides at Swallow at the Hollow demonstrates. It's our pick for best biscuit in and around Atlanta. Photo: Phil Skinner, pskinner@ajc.com
OUR PICKS
1. Swallow at the Hollow
The AJC dining team’s specialist in Southern and Neighborhood Fare Jenny Turknett says, “The homemade buttermilk biscuits at Swallow at the Hollow epitomize the Southern biscuit: fluffy, tender and buttery. The biscuits are halved and pan-seared, resulting in a toasty crisp inner layer shining with butter. Swallow at the Hollow’s biscuits are eye-rolling good, particularly when smeared with the accompanying honey.”
2. Mountain Biscuits
3. Silver Skillet
4. Home Grown GA
5. Ria’s Bluebird
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dr. biscuit p.h.d.
November 1st, 2011
1:50 pm
It’s hard to believe that anyone would post anything other than Mamie’s biscuits as the best biscuits available for purchase. I can only assume that anyone who listed anything else has never had one. There are multiple locations on the east side of town. Covington, Conyers, Lithonia.
Paul From Milton
November 1st, 2011
1:50 pm
I see the Flying Biscuit is rallying their employees to vote for those overly sweet hockey pucks they serve. Meanwhile, I’ll take the Silver Skillet with red eye gravy (even though its 30 miles from me).
It depends...
November 1st, 2011
1:53 pm
Biscuits are NOT: Hockey pucks, “cat heads”, 3-inch tall mounds, chewy, and tough
Now, that has knocked out most things that people are calling “great”.
REAL biscuits are: buttery, flaky crust, pillow-like interior, just the right size with a height of no more than one-half inch.
Homemade is best, but if you can’t get a homemade one:
Chik-fil-a has some of the worst biscuits around. Thick, chalky, rubbery, chewy. Tasteless. Anyone that “enjoys” these things has NEVER had a real biscuit.
Hardee’s does a pretty darn good one. Buttery, flaky.
Red Lobster has great “dinner” biscuits.
mamaj
November 1st, 2011
1:54 pm
I’m with you on the biscuits at Popeye’s. If they are made any better anywhere, it has to be against the law..
Joe
November 1st, 2011
1:55 pm
Buttermilk Fried Chicken has some of the best buscuits I have ever eaten.
http://www.facebook.com/ButtermilkFriedChicken?v=info
KJ
November 1st, 2011
1:57 pm
My favorites are Homegrown on Memorial and Silver Skillet.
southern girl
November 1st, 2011
1:57 pm
Biscuit Barn in Canton and Burger Inn in Woodstock – HANDS DOWN!!!!!
mamaj
November 1st, 2011
1:58 pm
Yes, Mary Mac’s is another place for good biscuits, but Hickory House biscuits are too huge to be appetizing—plus flaky, they are not.
Mizz Jackson
November 1st, 2011
1:58 pm
Definitely the Little Red Barn in Lawrenceville
Dying of thirst...
November 1st, 2011
2:00 pm
No disrepect, but the biscuits in the photo look like dry, thick mounds of flour! Yuck!
Marsh
November 1st, 2011
2:11 pm
That Biscuit Place, Cumming.
matt
November 1st, 2011
2:16 pm
My litmus test for biscuits is “are these as good as my grandmas were”. With that in mind, Java Jive and Crackerbarrel have biscuits that are on par with what she used to make.
Tomd
November 1st, 2011
2:20 pm
#1 – Stilesboro Biscuits, #2 – Mountain Biscuit, #3 – Rubber Biscuit, bow-bow-bow!!!!!
John Daly
November 1st, 2011
2:21 pm
Stilesboro Biscuits in Kennesaw. Great biscuits, great atmosphere and Lynn has a smile that will make your day.
Richard
November 1st, 2011
2:22 pm
Per a watiress during my most recent and probably final visit The Flying Biscuit, they changed the recipe for the biscuits @ the flying biscuit to reduce the calorie count from 600 a piece to 300 a piece. HUGE mistake. I went to TFB in Raleigh, NC a couple years back that they were great but recent went to TFB on Northside and the biscuits and the service was subpar.
I’ll take Chick-fil-a, J Christopher’s, etc over The Flying Biscuit any day of the week. If TFB wins this poll, I’ll know to stop paying attention to these threads.
Atl-Marietta Foodie
November 1st, 2011
2:24 pm
Biscuits and More in Marietta. They also have a variety of jams and jellies and good grits.
Dana
November 1st, 2011
2:27 pm
Flying Biscuit
Gainesville Ray
November 1st, 2011
2:30 pm
Steak and Gravy Biscuit from Mammies Kitchen is the best anywhere!!!
Laura
November 1st, 2011
2:34 pm
Apparently not everyone knows what a true southern biscuit is. I love you Flying Biscuit – but I certainly don’t like your bisuits! Love Homegrown, J Christophers and Silver Skillet. If Thumbs Up had gravy as previously mentioned, they would get a “thumbs up”.
Biscuit Barn
November 1st, 2011
2:40 pm
Biscuit Barn in Cumming on 141 is the best that I have found so far, note that they are not open on Sundays. Hardees is my second choice, assuming you can find one.
lovelyliz
November 1st, 2011
2:44 pm
In my kitchen is a pretty good place to start
Richard Cranium
November 1st, 2011
2:44 pm
Rohr 714’s!
hd
November 1st, 2011
2:44 pm
Ria’a Bluebird
sandy
November 1st, 2011
2:45 pm
Fagan’s Biscuit Barn in Cumming
Bob LaBlah
November 1st, 2011
2:45 pm
Pop’nFresh.
RJ's WIFE
November 1st, 2011
2:46 pm
My Husband…when he takes those PILLSBURY GRAND BISCUITS out the oven…OMG
Mo
November 1st, 2011
2:47 pm
Hardees, fast food. Flying Biscuit on 41
jp
November 1st, 2011
2:48 pm
Martins
MMMmmm...FOOD
November 1st, 2011
2:50 pm
Indy: Thumbs up Diner!
Chain: Popeyes
CindyT
November 1st, 2011
2:50 pm
Hardee’s, hands down.
PRGirl
November 1st, 2011
2:53 pm
Popeyes!
lcr
November 1st, 2011
2:56 pm
Red Lobster and Hardees. Great, now I am HUNGRY!
Laura
November 1st, 2011
3:02 pm
JAVA JIVE on Ponce are THE BEST BISCUITS in TOWN!!!
truSoutherner
November 1st, 2011
3:06 pm
I agree that Flying Biscuits are NOT that good–this must be something from their former glory. They have the best breakfast in town, except for the biscuits.
RED LOBSTER beats everyone hands down.
Scott Morris
November 1st, 2011
3:07 pm
Reid’s in Murryvill, GA
Hart
November 1st, 2011
3:08 pm
Java Jive
William
November 1st, 2011
3:21 pm
My mom’s biscuits made with Lard. But, alas, they are deadly loaded with fat and she is already dead from a non-related health issue.
ralph t.horton
November 1st, 2011
3:21 pm
i will have to say kfc. hands down,boy they taste good when they are hot.
Rai
November 1st, 2011
3:22 pm
Hardees on Jedoco Rd. in McDonough. They have the perfect sausage biscuits! My mouth waters any time I think of them.
BillyO
November 1st, 2011
3:29 pm
Easy one, Swallow in the Hollow in Roswell. Monster biscuitts served split down the middle and grilled with honey on the side. Lots of good choices listed above, but this is the real deal.
fes
November 1st, 2011
3:30 pm
Bojangle’s!
Bill
November 1st, 2011
3:33 pm
If you said, Flying Biscuit (more like a brick), Red Lobster, Popeyes, KFC, Chick-fil-a or BoJangles, you really need to get out more.
The Biscuit Barn in Cumming, has the best biscuits.
Tech Man
November 1st, 2011
3:34 pm
Fagan’s Biscuit Barn in Cumming
Kawasaki Kid
November 1st, 2011
3:36 pm
There is no better biscuit recipe than Popeye’s. For those who like biscuits with a fragile, crisp, buttery top, Popeye’s fills the bill with an easy-on-the-lard texture and a natural, traditional biscuit flavor, as opposed to the yucky, sweetened biscuits served at Chick-Fil-A. Hardee’s biscuits are my next favorite, very consistently prepared, and very complimentary to anything you put in them, from bologna to country ham to their luxurious new cheddar cheese.
Sandi
November 1st, 2011
3:38 pm
My mama made the best biscuits – also w/lard/bacon grease and buttermilke…but now…JR’s Barbeque on Peachtree Industrial!!! Popeyes is also good…Flying Biscuit sucks.
Andrew
November 1st, 2011
3:39 pm
Mamie’s in Covington
doesntgetanybetter
November 1st, 2011
3:43 pm
Pleased to see they Flying Biscuit isn’t mentioned. I like Hardees in Sandy Springs, they are delicious and most of the employees are longtimers.
carla
November 1st, 2011
3:43 pm
Terry Turner’s mama!
Billy Bob
November 1st, 2011
3:48 pm
No Contest….. D.J.’s on Brown Bridge Rd in Covington. To die for!
kelly
November 1st, 2011
3:48 pm
Stilesboro Biscuits – Lynn is awesome! The biscuits are delicious!