After finally being able to get out of Dodge (Dodge in this case being Washington, DC - though, I am not trying to make a statement about politicians’ ability to avoid criminal charges), we drove down to Chapel Hill, North Carolina.  I spent the better part of the evening trying to figure out where I could go to eat in North Carolina that would be good to review.  One of the first places I came across that was heavily recommended on Yelp! was Sunrise Biscuit Kitchen.  This place primarily specializes in breakfast items, so I thought this would be a great way to start my day.  Boy was I wrong!

I got the egg and cheese biscuit and hashbrowns, as that used to be one of my favorite breakfast starters back when I ate meat.  While they do not publicize it, the biscuit here has no lard in it.  In fact, the cashier’s response to my question of the lardidity of the biscuit - “It’s just butter” (this statement is MUCH funnier if you say it in a thick Southern accent).  The egg and cheese biscuit is slightly smaller than a baby elephant (while I’ve never actually seen a baby elephant, I presume that it is only slightly bigger than this biscuit sandwich), and took me the better part of 30 minutes to eat.  While the biscuit is tasty, it’s so huge in comparison to the small egg and two slices of Kraft cheddar cheese inside that it becomes difficult to eat.  The hashbrowns were quite disappointing, as they taste exactly like McDonald’s hashbrowns, only more overcooked.  However, you may be reassured by the possibility that slightly fewer Mexicans were involved in making these hashbrowns.  How tolerant is this blog? I’ll even assuage the fears of xenophobes!

Despite spending the better part of the day recovering from the egg and cheese biscuit (and consuming twenty Tums), I decided to return to Sunrise Biscuit for one of their cinnamon rolls.  Now, I am a sucker for all things cinnamon, and when I saw that Sunrise Biscuit had a cinnamon roll, I knew I had to return, if only to spend another day in gastric misery.  Fortunately, it paid off to return to Sunrise Biscuit, as the cinnamon roll has been the highlight of my trip down here.  It had just the right amount of sweet-to-bread ratio to make it thoroughly enjoyable, and perhaps be one of the best cinnamon rolls I’ve ever had (sorry, Cinnabon!).

Sunrise Biscuit is not the friendliest towards vegetarians - in fact it’s not the friendliest to anyone who is not in a car.  It is basically drive-thru only establishment.  I missed the entrance, and tried parking nearby, but didn’t know how to get in, until a guy stuck his head out and said “You wanna get something, man?” (again, picture in Southern accent, it’s hilarious).  Nevertheless, between the cinnamon roll, egg and cheese (or just cheese) biscuit, you’ve got a pretty decent breakfast.  Just make sure to bring some Tums (something that is true anytime you go down South).  Vegans, unfortunately, you are out of luck as practically everything has butter in it.  Five cheese sandwiches for the cinnamon roll, three for the biscuit sandwich, and minus three for making me ill for the better part of a day.  When I put it into the cheese sandwich calculator (CSC), I get 3 and a half cheese sandwiches.

Sunrise Biscuit Kitchen
1305 East Franklin Street
Chapel Hill, NC 27514-3308 
(919) 933-1324