A new breakfast and brunch concept is coming to Over-the-Rhine. Nashville-based Biscuit Love will open at 1602 Pleasant St. in the Willkommen mixed-use development later this year, says 3CDC.
Biscuit Love, owned by couple Karl and Sarah Worley, started as a biscuit food truck in Nashville in 2012. The Worleys went on to open the first brick-and-mortar restaurant in 2015, pivoting to a full breakfast and brunch menu while keeping their scratch-made biscuits at the heart of their operations. The chain has since expanded to have three more locations in Tennessee and one in Alabama. The OTR location will be the first in Ohio.
“We love to travel cross-country as a family in our Airstream travel trailer and visited Cincinnati once on our way to Maine,” the Worleys said in a press release. “We loved it! As luck would have it, one of our former managers and now dear friend, Ashley Harris, moved to Cincinnati with her family and agreed to co-own and operate a location in town. We’re excited to expand to Ohio and invest in the local community through biscuits. We feel so grateful to have found this stunning space in OTR — it’s a beautiful corner storefront with plenty of natural light.”
Biscuit Love offers a menu of both breakfast and lunch favorites with a twist centered around its biscuits. Fan favorites include the “Bonuts” (fried biscuit dough tossed in sugar, topped with lemon mascarpone and served with blueberry compote); the “East Nasty” (a buttermilk biscuit topped with a fried boneless chicken thigh, aged cheddar and sausage gravy); the “B-Roll” (a biscuit cinnamon roll topped with a pecan sticky bun sauce and cream cheese icing); and the “Princess” (a buttermilk biscuit topped with a Nashville-style spicy boneless “hot chicken” thigh, pickles, mustard and honey). The menu also features a “Without a Biscuit” section, kids’ items, a full espresso and looseleaf tea program and brunch cocktails.
“We are thrilled that Biscuit Love chose to partner with 3CDC as they expand to Cincinnati, and specifically OTR!” Lindzie Gunnels, commercial leasing director with 3CDC, said in the release. “Not only does this bring a new, tasty breakfast and lunch dining option to the region, it speaks to the continued growth, energy, and opportunity for businesses in Over-the-Rhine.”
The OTR Biscuit Love is currently in its buildout phase, with Cincinnati-based architecture and design studio INDIO working on the project. 3CDC says the restaurant will have the feeling of an elevated diner — “like grandma’s kitchen with a modern flair” — with a bright, inviting dining room where everyone feels welcome.
When it’s open, Biscuit Love will operate daily from 7 a.m. to 3 p.m.
Biscuit Love, coming to 1602 Pleasant St., Over-the-Rhine. More info: biscuitlove.com.
