Albert T.
Yelp
This is super popular. We arrived just before 11 AM on a Sunday, and line way out the door. It took us over 20 minutes to reach the front and unfortunately the party ahead of us got the last Cheddar Bae Biscuit! Get here early for best results!
The restaurant is counter service, but since the eat in area is so small, the cashier monitors the cameras to see which tables seem to be clearing out soon. Although, they don't actually clear tables and require the customers to self regulate (one party was already done eating when we placed our order and they were still there chatting after we had finished eating about an hour later....).
Sizzurup Sando, Buttermilk Biscuit ($13.50) - Starting with the biscuit first - absolutely heavenly biscuit. It's super fluffy, buttery, and moist on the interior, yet it has great structural integrity, keeping together very well (great for sandwich purposes), rather than crumbling apart. It's not too floury or dense at all, and is baked until the exterior develops a fantastic hard crust, a great textural contrast to everything in the sandwich. A person at the table next to me was complaining that their biscuit was too dry and dense. Are you kidding me? We must be eating entirely different dishes or something, because, coming as someone who grew up eating biscuits in the South, these are excellent, albeit not the flaky type of biscuit. The interior sandwich ingredients complement the biscuit so well, and the construction is equally stellar. First, starting from the bottom layer, cheese, complete with melted cheesy stretch. A sausage patty, soft in texture, savory and slightly sweet in taste, doused with Maple syrup. Then a fried egg, only one due to the egg shortages. It has lacy brown edges, and the yolk is broken and cooked hard, which helps the structural integrity of the sandwich. Then the same mirrored on the top. There's a small smattering of minced chives that graces the egg, but it's not noticeable given the other flavors. Everything works very well together, creating a perfect symphony of flavors with every bite. (5/5)
Biscuits & Gravy, Buttermilk Biscuit ($13) - With the biscuits and gravy comes a choice - classic sausage gravy, mushroom gravy, or a mix of both. We of course went with the mix, thinking it would be sausage on one side, mushroom on the other. Unfortunately, that's not the case - instead, Side Piece actually mixes both together into a single solution, combining the best parts of both types into one. The gravy is well seasoned and distinctively orangeish in color - perhaps due to the addition of copious amounts of paprika? It's thick and rich and is emulsified very well, leaving no hint of floury bite that sometimes sausage gravies can exhibit. The mushroom boosts the umami, and the small pieces of sausage adds addition fat and meatiness. There's onion as well - hey it's a vegetable, so that makes this dish healthy, right? The biscuit surprisingly holds up very well against the rich gravy - there crust still somehow manages to stay decently hard even soaked through with the liquid. The biscuit to gravy ration is on the dot, allowing each bite to be perfectly balanced between the fat and carbs. (5/5)
I really enjoyed my meal at Side Piece Kitchen - I can see why they are on the 2025 Yelp Top 100 list. They also offers weekly specials for both the main dishes and cheesecakes. That makes it a fun place to visit every time.
Bathrooms - Single water closet. I like that the sink is outside and easily accessible, especially since the maple syrup got my hands very sticky .