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Bluegrass Grill Wins Best Biscuit Sandwich in Tennessee!

Milk & Honey, Loveless Cafe, Maple Street Biscuit Company and OliBea also winners

Sandwiches in Tennessee are best served on one of the state's most celebrated foods, the biscuit. This humble version of bread became popular just before the Civil War, when yeast was expensive so cooks made do without it. A firmer texture than a traditional slice of bread makes the biscuit perfect vehicle for gravy, among other toppings.

  • Barista Parlor
    Nashville

    The menu at Barista Parlor in Nashville features the Moto Sandwich, a house-made buttermilk biscuit with locally sourced eggs and white cheddar cheese. Sausage or bacon can be added for an extra charge.
    Photo courtesy of Rob Cros / Barista Parlor

  • Riverside Grillshack
    Nashville

    The Riverside Grillshack in Nashville serves an unusual rendition of the biscuit sandwich. Available only Friday to Sunday morning, these biscuits are stuffed and deep-fried, similar to an empanada. Options include strawberry jalapeño jam or lemon blueberry jam with goat cheese, triple cheese or Porter Road sausage with cheese.
    Photo courtesy of Riverside Grillshack

  • Niedlov's Breadworks
    Chattanooga

    At Niedlov's Breadworks in Chattanooga, guests can choose the a breakfast biscuit with sausage or bacon, egg and cheddar cheese, or opt for The Fancy, a homemade biscuit with a fried egg, bacon, arugula, cheddar cheese, avocado, red onion and jalapeño aioli.
    Photo courtesy of Niedlov's Breadworks

  • Pork Belly Cafe
    Nashville

    The entire menu of breakfast sandwiches at Nashville's Pork Belly Cafe are available on a biscuit instead of bread. Options include three cheese and egg, BLT with egg or the Breakfast Reuben, made with corned beef, egg, Swiss, chow chow and dijon.
    Photo courtesy of Pork Belly Cafe

  • Mean Mug Coffeehouse
    Chattanooga

    Diners at the Mean Mug Coffeehouse in Chattanooga have a couple of biscuit sandwiches to choose from. The Prosciutto Biscuit comes with prosciutto, tomato, provolone and mashed avocado, while the Breakfast Biscuit has American cheese, egg and bacon.
    Photo courtesy of Mean Mug Coffeehouse

  • OliBea
    Knoxville

    Knoxville's OliBea features a 'deconstructed' biscuit sandwich with pickle brined and fried chicken, whipped sorghum, chow chow and gravy.
    Photo courtesy of OliBea

  • Maple Street Biscuit Company
    Chattanooga

    A guest favorite at Maple Street Biscuit Company in Chattanooga is the Squawking Goat – a flaky biscuit filled with all-natural fried chicken breast, panko-breaded fried goat cheese and a house-made pepper jelly.
    Photo courtesy of Amanda Lenhardt

  • Loveless Cafe
    Nashville

    Loveless Cafe in Nashville has all the usual suspects on their breakfast biscuit sandwich menu, as well as a couple unusual options, like a pulled pork barbecue biscuit or a pimento cheese and fried green tomato biscuit.
    Photo courtesy of The Loveless Cafe

  • Milk & Honey
    Chattanooga

    At Milk & Honey in Chattanooga, the Farmhouse Biscuit is served with house-made breakfast sausage, Benton's bacon, egg, tomato jam, arugula, white cheddar, shallots and caramelized onions. The Mega Biscuit includes breakfast sausage, spinach, egg, roasted red pepper spread, white cheddar, caramelized onions and shallots.
    Photo courtesy of Milk & Honey

  • Bluegrass Grill
    Chattanooga

    The biscuit sandwich menu at Chattanooga's Bluegrass Grill includes just about any combination of bacon, sausage, ham, eggs and cheese inside half whole wheat, half white flour biscuits.
    Photo courtesy of Bluegrass Grill

There are as many versions of the biscuit sandwich in Tennessee as there are places serving them. Popular fillings include eggs and ham, fried chicken and barbecue pork, but the best thing about this versatile sandwich is you can stuff it with almost anything.

10Best and Sandwich America set out to find the best biscuit sandwich in the state, and to do so, 10Best editors joined forces with a panel of local Tennessee food writers and The Food Channel to nominate 20 worthy restaurants across the state. For the past four weeks, our readers have been casting ballots for their favorites.

The top 10 winners in the category Best Biscuit Sandwich in Tennessee are as follows:

  1. Bluegrass Grill - Chattanooga
  2. Milk & Honey - Chattanooga
  3. Loveless Cafe - Nashville
  4. Maple Street Biscuit Company - Chattanooga
  5. OliBea - Knoxville
  6. Mean Mug Coffeehouse - Chattanooga
  7. Pork Belly Cafe - Nashville
  8. Niedlov's Breadworks - Chattanooga
  9. Riverside Grillshack - Nashville
  10. Barista Parlor - Nashville

Congratulations to all these winning sandwich shops and restaurants!

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Margaret Littman

Margaret Littman

Journalist Margaret Littman is a both a relative newcomer to Nashville as well as an old-timer, having returned to what was her college town as a grown-up. She is the author of many guidebooks, including Moon Tennessee, Moon Nashville and the upcoming Moon Road Trip Nashville to New Orleans, a guide to the historic Natchez Trace. Since moving to Music City she has acquired a 1967 Ford pickup and a lot of pairs of cowboy boots, but still not the ability to carry a tune. In her free time, she's working her way through standup paddling in all 50 states.

Kay Logsdon

Kay Logsdon

Kay serves as Editor in Chief of The Food Channel, developing food-related stories, videos, recipes and more for the website and its distribution network. She speaks and consults on food trends, working with some of the biggest food brands in America. Her favorite thing to do is work with chefs across the country as they do menu development, since she gets to taste and critique the dishes.

Shawanda Mason-Moore

Shawanda Mason-Moore

Shawanda Mason-Moore is the writer behind the blog, Eat.Drink.Frolic. who's obsessed with Chrissy Teigen, pineapples and fancy cocktails. She's the co-founder of the Tennessee nonprofit, The Chattery, and the founder of a quarterly brunch series for creative women entrepreneurs called, The Brunch Collective. When she's not experimenting with new food or drink recipes, you can find her watching reruns of Golden Girls.

Sally Walker Davies

Sally Walker Davies

Sally Walker Davies is enchanted by Memphis' music, history, and characters. From the artsy South Main Historic District to the grittiness of her favorite live music clubs to the sophisticated style of the eastern edge of the city, there’s a Memphis for every mood, and she loves every part of it. Walker Davies is an experienced broadcast, print, and online journalist focusing on travel.  Her work has appeared the Commercial Appeal, AOL Travel, BudgetTravel.com, and The Tennessean. She is the author of Tennessee: An Explorer’s Guide.

Jennifer Daskevich

Jennifer Daskevich

After winning the World Sandwich Championships, Jennifer took her love of America’s first and still favorite “hand held device” better known as the sandwich, and founded Sandwich America, America’s comprehensive sandwich driven meal occasion platform. Jennifer believes that “a sandwich is the only food genre that is good for breakfast, lunch, dinner, dessert, or a snack.” Jennifer has won numerous cooking competitions and is a restaurateur, wine sommelier, award winning food photographer, TV food personality with NBC Affiliate WFLA in Tampa and appeared on FYI’s original series World Food Championships. She looks forward to embarking on The Great American Sandwich Trail this summer. Socialize with Sandwich America on Facebook, Instagram and Twitter.