Biscuits Doing Big Business Across America
You can blame Southerners for this trend. Or should we say thank?
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— -- You can blame Southern expats for this booming biscuit trend. Or should we say thank?
Southerners are crossing the Mason-Dixon Line only to find a dearth of authentic biscuit options. Rather than suffer a biscuit-less fate, they’re showing Yanks how it’s done.
“When I was growing up, there were chains in the South like Biscuitville. So we thought it was just strange there wasn’t one in New York,” Empire Biscuit co-owner Jonathan Price told ABC News. “We thought there was a market opportunity in a really straightforward way.”
Turns out he was right. Selling both savory and sweet sandwich versions has really resonated with New Yorkers, especially after a night of partying.
“We’ve done really well. Being open 24 hours is fairly lucrative, and we do a lot of catering and delivery,” Price said.
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Other shops, like Denver Biscuit Co. and The Biscuit Love Truck in Nashville have had similar experiences. Denver Biscuit Co. opened its second location late last year, with a third location coming late this winter, and The Biscuit Love Truck is opening a brick and mortar location this fall after three successful food truck seasons.
Even restaurants not focused solely on biscuits can’t stop selling the bread.
“We have a section of our menu called bakery where we have biscuits, cornbread and waffles,” Janine Booth, co-owner of New York City’s Root & Bone said. “The biscuits are definitely our most popular bread item. Everyone seems to want that as their bread service to start their meal.”
It’s safe to say biscuits are a booming food trend which, of course, Southerners have known for years.
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“Biscuits are deeply American. It’s something people remember from their childhood, its super versatile, it’s all those things,” Price said. “I certainly think as a trend it has legs.”
And now, they’ve even made their way on to major food chain menus. People lucky enough to live in California can currently taste Taco Bell’s hush-hush biscuit tacos, filled with breakfast meats or crispy chicken for lunch.
“Taco Bell’s new Biscuit Taco is a warm, flakey, golden brown biscuit that happens to be shaped in the form of a taco,” Taco Bell spokeswoman Ashley Sioson told ABC News. “[It] pays homage to the traditional Southern biscuit.”
You know when Taco Bell appropriates something, then it’s hit the big leagues. It’s official: Yo quiero biscuits.