What Is Biscuit Love and Where Is It?

February 19, 2026

Biscuit Love is a Nashville brunch institution built around the Southern biscuit, and it is not in 12 South — though it’s often assumed to be.

The Story

Karl and Sarah Worley attended culinary school together at Johnson & Wales University, then opened Biscuit Love in the spring of 2012 as a food truck with three items on the menu. After a year in a borrowed truck, they upgraded to “Lilly,” a customized Airstream trailer. For the next two years — roughly 2013 to 2015, once White’s Mercantile opened its doors in 12 South — they were a regular Sunday fixture in that neighborhood and a Saturday staple at the Franklin Farmers Market. This is where the 12 South association comes from.

After two years on the truck, the Worleys opened their first brick-and-mortar restaurant in January 2015 in the Gulch neighborhood, partnering with Fresh Hospitality. This Gulch location — at 316 11th Ave S — remains the flagship. It is open daily from 7am to 3pm.

A second location opened in June 2017 in Hillsboro Village (2001 Belcourt Ave). A third opened in downtown Franklin, Tennessee in January 2018. The business has continued expanding since.

What They Serve

The menu is southern-inspired breakfast and brunch, made from scratch using locally sourced ingredients. The signature items:

Bonuts: Fried biscuit dough, tossed in sugar, topped with lemon mascarpone, served over blueberry compote. Five per order. These are the thing everyone orders first and what most reviews mention.

East Nasty: A buttermilk biscuit topped with fried chicken tenders, New School American cheese, and Bear Creek Farm sausage gravy.

B-Roll: The core biscuit sandwich — buttermilk biscuit with scrambled egg, sausage, and cheddar.

Nashville Hot Chicken biscuit, biscuit cinnamon rolls, Southern benedicts, and grits bowls round out the menu.

The Honest Notes

Lines at the Gulch flagship are real, especially on weekend mornings. The Worleys set a “Kids 12 and Under Please” policy (meaning children are welcome). The menu is not cheap for a biscuit joint — expect to pay $13 to $16 for most entrees — but the sourcing and execution justify it. Reviews are occasionally divided on portion size relative to price.

If you want to avoid the worst of the wait, go on a weekday or arrive before 8am on a weekend.

The 12 South Connection

Biscuit Love’s connection to 12 South is historical: the Worleys used to park their Airstream food truck at White’s Mercantile, and many people who discovered them there assume the restaurant lives there. It doesn’t. The Hillsboro Village location (2001 Belcourt Ave) is the closest to 12 South — about a 10-minute walk or 3-minute drive.

Sources

  • Wikipedia, Biscuit Love: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Biscuit_Love
  • Yelp, Biscuit Love Gulch: yelp.com/biz/biscuit-love-gulch-nashville-3
  • Biscuit Love official site: biscuitlove.com
  • Uber Eats / DoorDash menu listings
  • StyleBlueprint, 12 South Neighborhood Guide: styleblueprint.com

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