Flying Biscuits Everywhere

Biscuit-obsessed restaurant takes off with Midtown and Memorial locations

At Flying Biscuit Cafe, it's biscuits all day.

Photo courtesy of Sara Hanna Photography

Homey Atlanta restaurant chain The Flying Biscuit Cafe is headed for Houston, with two locations in the works, in the prime neighborhoods of Midtown and Memorial City.

The Midtown restaurant will open at 2850 Fannin St., on the ground floor of the Caydon residential high-rise, sure to be a nice amenity for the tenants.

Memorial City's address is 12389 Kingsride Ln., taking over the space previously occupied by Reginelli's Pizzeria.

Flying Biscuit debuted in Atlanta in 1993. Famous for its biscuits and grits, the chain now has locations throughout Georgia, North Carolina, Florida, and Texas, where it made its debut in Richardson in 2017.

And yet it has maintained its quintessential neighborhood spirit, with a focus on Southern-inspired comfort food.

It serves breakfast all day, with options that go beyond bacon and eggs. There are biscuits with eggs and gravy, but also penne pasta with chicken sausage, spinach, mushrooms, and grits; wrap sandwiches; and even a vegan barbecue burrito.

Other tempting breakfast fare includes turkey hash, and flat iron steak with eggs. A breakfast bowl has eggs and fried green tomatoes. There are oatmeal pancakes; omelets; a biscuit Benedict; and a tofu scramble, with red and green peppers, onions, spinach, and mushrooms.

It also offers brunch, lunch, and dinner, with salads, shrimp and grits, biscuit pot pie, turkey pot roast, meatloaf with garlic mashed potatoes, and oven-fried chicken.

Sandwiches include one with pimiento cheese; a fried-green tomato BLT; fish tacos; wraps; and the above-mentioned vegan barbecue burrito with barbecue tofu, collard greens, and mushrooms, folded into a sun-dried tomato tortilla.

Drinks include coffee, chai latte, and a "sledgehammer" combining four shots of espresso with half-and-half.

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Eric Sandler contributed to this story.

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WHATANEWS

Whataburger revives classic A-frame with retro-modern new design

Rendering courtesy of Whataburger

Whataburger's "Legacy" restaurant design brings back the iconic A-frame.

Aiming for a modern-yet-retro look, Whataburger is reviving its iconic A-frame. Sort of.

The San Antonio-based hamburger chain is introducing two new prototype store designs, each of which is “grounded in the brand’s heritage but built for how [customers] experience Whataburger today,” the company says.The designs will be incorporated into newly built locations.

One of the prototypes, called The Legacy, reintroduces the classic A-frame shape, but with a modern twist, on the exterior of a 3,000-square-foot store and enlarges the dining room, the company says. The new A-frame treatment maintains “the unmistakable Whataburger look with bold architectural updates,” says the burger chain, but it takes up far less space than the original version.

The other prototype, called The Essential, leans into the iconic orange-and-white striped scheme on the exterior of a 2,000-square-foot restaurant.

Whataburger Essential restaurant design Not every new build will have the A-frame.Rendering courtesy of Whataburger

CultureMap reported in 2020 that Whataburger had debuted its first refreshed store in South San Antonio, de-emphasizing the familiar A-frame, adding more glass around the front of the building, updating the décor, and retooling the kitchen. (Austin's first new-look store debuted in 2021.) In the six years since, most of Whataburger’s original A-frame-adorned “flying W” stores have switched to new formats, and all newly built locations have incorporated modern designs.

Among other changes coming to new Whataburger restaurants are:

Warmer spaces featuring natural wood tones, more glass, and modern materials to “create a more open, welcoming environment.”
Updated layouts with flexible seating and dedicated areas for mobile orders and third-party order pickups.

“The result is a space that feels like Whataburger from the moment you pull in, with a few thoughtful updates to make every visit even better. It’s all about honoring the brand’s roots while making room for what’s next,” the company says.

The new prototypes will debut in Texas and then be rolled out in Arizona, Florida, Georgia, North Carolina, and South Carolina. Construction is set to start later this year, and store openings are expected in early 2027.

Whataburger, founded in 1950 in Corpus Christi, operates more than 1,100 restaurants in 17 states, with the bulk of them in Texas.

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