Normally my breakfast consists of: juice, half decaf coffee, fruit, some whole wheat toast & jam [or oatmeal], sometimes a scrambled egg, ever-other-day an hour and a half in the hot Bikram yoga room and a gallon of fresh water.

Recently, while in Atlanta working on short-term design job, I was treated to a very high carbo-loaded breakfast. This traditional and I mean traditional southern breakfast was at Pop’s Place just south of the Atlanta Motor Speedway. Pop’s is known for it’s home cooking and urban myth has it, popular with drivers racing at the Atlanta Motor Speedway.

Upon entering the tiny dining/kitchen/drive-thru restaurant we asked if this really was the home of Atlanta’s best homemade biscuits. The answer; a resounding “Yes”, followed by a nearby local’s recommendation of “biscuits and gravy”.

We ordered: the best homemade biscuits around with sausage gravy, eggs, sausage, country ham, grits, coffee and of course, a Coke.  Now, remember, I don’t normally eat meat, however I wanted to “taste” this. The off-white plates quickly arrived to our table. The grits were as light as fluffy tapioca pudding. The biscuits; those portions not soaked by gravy were equally fluffy and the eggs perfectly prepared.  How many calories in this breakfast? This IS a once in a lifetime breakfast for me.

I wasn’t able to finish the whole breakfast, but I did taste everything and enjoyed the constant parade of patrons coming thru the door and drive thru. We were treated with the very best southern hospitality during our entire breakfast, including the checkout.

Look closely at those prices.  Our total bill $16.40. I might return, and only order a biscuit, eggs and juice…maybe some of those fluffy grits.