Bless your sweet heart because the south has arrived in Northeast Ohio.
I visited for the first time on Wednesday, 19 February 2025 and that certainly won't be my last visit. I arrived early at 7:15am which was just after they opened (they open at 7am).
I ordered and paid for breakfast to-go (pancakes) which you can read about below. I also got lunch and dessert to go through a Yelp complimentary experience.
I had such a lovely conversation with Christian, an employee there, that he even gave me a free cup of tea of my choosing, to go. I chose the Bigelow black tea (lemon lift flavour) and it tasted so refreshing. I also met Jen, the restaurant manager, who was nice and greeted me.
FOOD and DRINKS -- Here is what I've tried so far:
SOFT STACK, PANCAKES, ($9) -- Two sweet cream pancakes with two thick-cut bacon slices. I substituted bacon for fruit. I got a small side of fruit which was $1. So in total, I paid $10.
The short stack pancakes are absolutely delicious and I was so full from eating just 2 of them. I drizzled some syrup on them because what are pancakes without some tasty syrup?
I recommend the short stack pancakes with a hot cup of tea. When I read the menu, I thought the pancakes would be small and light because it was described as "short stack". But, the pancakes are thick and big which is fine because they were very tasty. I still had a somewhat light breakfast since I didn't eat any protein (meat) such as sausages or bacon.
CHICKEN BACON RANCH, biscuit ($12.50) -- Buttermilk biscuit topped with two thick bacon slices, fried chicken breast, Frank's RedHot sauce, ranch dressing and pickles shaped like little chips so called "pickle chips".
The chicken bacon ranch tasted good. I ate the chicken bacon ranch for lunch on the same day that I visited. I took it out of my fridge and heated it up in my oven. It tasted good because of the main ingredient, the fried chicken. I realized as I was eating it that I don't like ranch in my food so I'll have them remove that the next time I order this. Besides the ranch taste, the sandwich was good. The thick pieces of bacon were a generous amount.
Their BISCUITS are apparently homemade which is awesome.
After eating the chicken biscuit sandwich, I tried 2 sweet potato fritters ("sweet puppies", read below.
SWEET PUPPIES ($7) -- Deep-fried sweet potato fritters, powdered sugar, with a white chocolate custard dip.
The sweet puppies are delicious but definitely slightly bitter. I heated it up for about 10 seconds in my microwave then took the white chocolate custard dip out of my fridge and dipped the fritters in the custard. If you are a sweet tooth then you'll love this dessert.
FRESH SQUEEZED ORANGE JUICE ($6) -- The $6 freshly squeezed orange juice is very refreshing. Don't sleep on this kids. Yes, this is expensive as I've had $3 freshly squeezed juice from Lucky's Market in Lakewood but the $6 price is worth it.
You can definitely taste the difference between store bought commercial orange juice and Vicious Biscuit's orange juice.
BIGELOW BLACK TEA, lemon lift flavour, $3 -- a hot cup of tea to go was perfect on my drive back to Cleveland. I didn't add any sugar or honey to my tea and I loved it. Normally, I sometimes add honey to my tea but I didn't feel like it on this day. I tasted the tea during my drive and it was very soothing to my throat. The lemon flavour really stood out. Okay, it's just tea but I love tea and hate coffee so that explains my excitement.
NEW CLEVELAND LOCATION -- I don't live in Akron but Christian, an employee, told me that the franchise owner, Carl, plans to open a Cleveland location soon (in 2025) in Strongsville. I look forward to visiting their Cleveland location when they open.
I can't wait to return and sit in instead of taking my food out especially because I think their biscuits are made fresh, in-house.
I've only been here once so a 4/5 rating is good, for now.
***TIP: arrive early because according to some Yelp reviews, their lines get very long. The employee who helped me even mentioned, after I asked him about lines, that they are very busy on weekends but that the lines gradually move along as quickly as possible.
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GOAL of 365 reviews in 2025
- 40/365 total reviews in 2025
- 821 total Yelp reviews
- Reviewed on 20 February 2025