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Where To Find Incredible Biscuits in New Orleans

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by Nora McGunnigle and Gwendolyn Knapp Updated
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Paul Broussard

Biscuits and gravy is a Southern breakfast and brunch classic, and there are many restaurants in town that serve a variation of the dish. Just in time for your weekend brunch, here now is a map of the most intriguing and drool-worthy versions of biscuit-based dishes in New Orleans. Plan accordingly.

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ManhattanJack

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This eatery and bakery on Prytania bakes up bagels, breakfast treats, and biscuits, which can be eaten plain, made into a breakfast egg sandwich, or enjoyed with chicken fried chicken drizzled with gravy and honey.
4930 Prytania St, New Orleans, LA 70115
(504) 897-5551
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Surrey's Cafe & Juice Bar

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This Lower Garden District breakfast spot bakes their biscuits fresh and features them in two very different and delicious preparations - one is with boudin and one is served vegetarian style with mushroom gravy. It's also a side item available with most breakfast plates.
1418 Magazine St, New Orleans, LA 70130
(504) 524-3828
(504) 524-3828
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Biscuits & Buns on Banks

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You can tell by the name that this Mid City breakfast spot is biscuit-centric. You can get your biscuits here topped with pot roast with debris gravy or andouille and chorizo sausage gravy, or as the vehicle to deliver a BLT.
4337 Banks St, New Orleans, LA 70119
(504) 273-4600
(504) 273-4600
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Toast

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The French-inspired breakfast spot and cafe provides fresh baked scones, pastries, quiche, and biscuits. The biscuit can be used as a vehicle for a breakfast sandwich and is featured in a breakfast entree with sausage, grits, eggs, and mornay sauce.
5433 Laurel Street, New Orleans, LA 70115
(504) 267-3260
(504) 267-3260
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Patois

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Get your bunny biscuit brunch fix with Patois' fried Mississippi rabbit over biscuits with poached egg and Italian sausage cream gravy. You can also find a chicken biscuit special with bacon, Brie and fig compote.
6078 Laurel St, New Orleans, LA 70118
(504) 895-9441
(504) 895-9441
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Wakin' Bakin'

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These biscuits are used for daily specials like the Bawk Bawk (chicken, egg, and cheddar) or the Sweet John (Two biscuits with scrambled eggs, smoked ham, caramelized onion, and Swiss.)
4408 Banks St, New Orleans, LA 70119
(504) 252-0343
(504) 252-0343
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Willa Jean

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The biggest, baddest biscuit game downtown, Kelly Fields' biscuits are used to carry brunch items like chicken fried steak with sausage gravy, fried chicken, or boudin.
611 Okeefe Ave, New Orleans, LA 70113
(504) 509-7334
(504) 509-7334
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Rivista

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This Uptown bakery uses ridiculously delicious fresh baked biscuits for traditional breakfast sandwiches and Croque Monsignors.
4226 Magazine St, New Orleans, LA 70115
(504) 371-5558
(504) 371-5558
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Cake Cafe & Bakery

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Enjoy ham and eggs on a biscuit, or a plain biscuit on the side of one of their great breakfast plates.
2440 Chartres St, New Orleans, LA 70117
(504) 943-0010
(504) 943-0010
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Compère Lapin

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The biscuits that come to the table at lunch or dinner (with bacon or honey butter) also make an appearance on Compere Lapin's brunch menu.
535 Tchoupitoulas St, New Orleans, LA 70130
(504) 599-2119
(504) 599-2119
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Bawk Nola

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This weekend breakfast gem in Lakeview's Pizza NOLA is all about giant from-scratch biscuits, whether they're topped with slow-roasted debris, made into a breakfast sandwich, served over meaty scrambles or smothered with gravy.
141 W Harrison Ave Apt A, New Orleans, LA 70124
(504) 872-0731
(504) 872-0731
Pizza Nola via Insta

Angeline

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Buttermilk biscuits come with black pepper-milk gravy and fried chicken at Alex Harrell's French Quarter gem. Or you can get a side of biscuits, and thank us later.
1032 Chartres St, New Orleans, LA 70116
504-308-3106
504-308-3106
Angeline via Insta

Carrollton Market

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Chef Jason Goodenough's cornbread biscuits come topped with oxtail debris, spicy hollandaise and poached eggs, and there's also this brand new chicken biscuit heading to the brunch menu that looks to die for.
8132 Hampson St, New Orleans, LA 70118
(504) 252-9928
(504) 252-9928
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DISTRICT. Donuts. Sliders. Brew.

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District's buttermilk biscuits are great alone, but also play a pivotal role in the restaurant's incredible breakfast sandwich line up.
2209 Magazine St, New Orleans, LA 70130
(504) 570-6945
(504) 570-6945
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ManhattanJack

4930 Prytania St, New Orleans, LA 70115
This eatery and bakery on Prytania bakes up bagels, breakfast treats, and biscuits, which can be eaten plain, made into a breakfast egg sandwich, or enjoyed with chicken fried chicken drizzled with gravy and honey.
4930 Prytania St, New Orleans, LA 70115
(504) 897-5551
(504) 897-5551
Facebook

Surrey's Cafe & Juice Bar

1418 Magazine St, New Orleans, LA 70130
This Lower Garden District breakfast spot bakes their biscuits fresh and features them in two very different and delicious preparations - one is with boudin and one is served vegetarian style with mushroom gravy. It's also a side item available with most breakfast plates.
1418 Magazine St, New Orleans, LA 70130
(504) 524-3828
(504) 524-3828
Yelp/Jenna P.

Biscuits & Buns on Banks

4337 Banks St, New Orleans, LA 70119
You can tell by the name that this Mid City breakfast spot is biscuit-centric. You can get your biscuits here topped with pot roast with debris gravy or andouille and chorizo sausage gravy, or as the vehicle to deliver a BLT.
4337 Banks St, New Orleans, LA 70119
(504) 273-4600
(504) 273-4600
Facebook

Toast

5433 Laurel Street, New Orleans, LA 70115
The French-inspired breakfast spot and cafe provides fresh baked scones, pastries, quiche, and biscuits. The biscuit can be used as a vehicle for a breakfast sandwich and is featured in a breakfast entree with sausage, grits, eggs, and mornay sauce.
5433 Laurel Street, New Orleans, LA 70115
(504) 267-3260
(504) 267-3260
Facebook

Patois

6078 Laurel St, New Orleans, LA 70118
Get your bunny biscuit brunch fix with Patois' fried Mississippi rabbit over biscuits with poached egg and Italian sausage cream gravy. You can also find a chicken biscuit special with bacon, Brie and fig compote.
6078 Laurel St, New Orleans, LA 70118
(504) 895-9441
(504) 895-9441
Facebook

Wakin' Bakin'

4408 Banks St, New Orleans, LA 70119
These biscuits are used for daily specials like the Bawk Bawk (chicken, egg, and cheddar) or the Sweet John (Two biscuits with scrambled eggs, smoked ham, caramelized onion, and Swiss.)
4408 Banks St, New Orleans, LA 70119
(504) 252-0343
(504) 252-0343
Facebook

Willa Jean

611 Okeefe Ave, New Orleans, LA 70113
The biggest, baddest biscuit game downtown, Kelly Fields' biscuits are used to carry brunch items like chicken fried steak with sausage gravy, fried chicken, or boudin.
611 Okeefe Ave, New Orleans, LA 70113
(504) 509-7334
(504) 509-7334
Facebook

Rivista

4226 Magazine St, New Orleans, LA 70115
This Uptown bakery uses ridiculously delicious fresh baked biscuits for traditional breakfast sandwiches and Croque Monsignors.
4226 Magazine St, New Orleans, LA 70115
(504) 371-5558
(504) 371-5558
Facebook

Cake Cafe & Bakery

2440 Chartres St, New Orleans, LA 70117
Enjoy ham and eggs on a biscuit, or a plain biscuit on the side of one of their great breakfast plates.
2440 Chartres St, New Orleans, LA 70117
(504) 943-0010
(504) 943-0010
Facebook

Compère Lapin

535 Tchoupitoulas St, New Orleans, LA 70130
The biscuits that come to the table at lunch or dinner (with bacon or honey butter) also make an appearance on Compere Lapin's brunch menu.
535 Tchoupitoulas St, New Orleans, LA 70130
(504) 599-2119
(504) 599-2119
Yelp/Feedithnola F.

Bawk Nola

141 W Harrison Ave Apt A, New Orleans, LA 70124
This weekend breakfast gem in Lakeview's Pizza NOLA is all about giant from-scratch biscuits, whether they're topped with slow-roasted debris, made into a breakfast sandwich, served over meaty scrambles or smothered with gravy.
141 W Harrison Ave Apt A, New Orleans, LA 70124
(504) 872-0731
(504) 872-0731
Pizza Nola via Insta

Angeline

1032 Chartres St, New Orleans, LA 70116
Buttermilk biscuits come with black pepper-milk gravy and fried chicken at Alex Harrell's French Quarter gem. Or you can get a side of biscuits, and thank us later.
1032 Chartres St, New Orleans, LA 70116
504-308-3106
504-308-3106
Angeline via Insta

Carrollton Market

8132 Hampson St, New Orleans, LA 70118
Chef Jason Goodenough's cornbread biscuits come topped with oxtail debris, spicy hollandaise and poached eggs, and there's also this brand new chicken biscuit heading to the brunch menu that looks to die for.
8132 Hampson St, New Orleans, LA 70118
(504) 252-9928
(504) 252-9928
Official Website

DISTRICT. Donuts. Sliders. Brew.

2209 Magazine St, New Orleans, LA 70130
District's buttermilk biscuits are great alone, but also play a pivotal role in the restaurant's incredible breakfast sandwich line up.
2209 Magazine St, New Orleans, LA 70130
(504) 570-6945
(504) 570-6945
Facebook

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