I first happened upon The Buttered Biscuit by chance. I stopped by the Bradley Beach fire house to visit a friend who was participating in a craft fair. She happened to have a biscuit and let me try a bit. WOW. It was a tiny bite of buttery goodness and I was hooked. Later I picked up a couple biscuits to take home because I just HAD to share with The Boyfriend Chef. Hours later they were still perfect and the best biscuit either one of us remembered having.
Since then I’ve stopped in once or twice to get biscuits to go. I’d see their specials and the desserts in the case and knew we just had to get there for breakfast. Finally, a Sunday with no day time plans happened upon us. And the special? Biscuits and gravy. Excitement abounded!
We arrived around 12:15 and there was a short wait. The service was quick and courteous. We had already perused the menu and it wasn’t long until we decided on the biscuit and gravy special and the Buttery Biscuit omelet (herbs de provence, goat cheese, tomatoes and bacon) with a biscuit, of course. The food was served quickly and was awesome. They make some of the best sausage gravy this side of the Mason Dixon line and perhaps even south of it. It seemed there was too much gravy for the one biscuit but no worries…we had a spare that came with the omelet. The gravy also pared well with the potatoes, another omelet side. The ingredients in the omelet were chunky and plentiful.
That was a hearty breakfast but I was tempted when the waitress told us the dessert specials. I opted for the banana cream pie. I saw it in the case earlier and it looked awesome. It has a chocolate crust, a thin layer of chocolate sauce, bananas, and and high cream topping. It was divine and a large serving. We ended up taking half home. I can’t wait to be hungry again so I can polish it off.
I was excited to hear that they’d be closing for renovations especially when I saw that the space next door is vacant. Alas, no such luck for an expansion at the moment. It seems they’ll be doing some minor sprucing up and taking some well deserved time off. (It’s only 11 days…January 23rd through February 3rd, 2012.)
The Buttered Biscuit has officially been added to the breakfast rotation.
The Buttered Biscuit
700 Main Street
Bradley Beach, NJ
732-807-4069