Winner: Blue Plate Café

Silky, creamy gravy flecked with bits of sausage, poured over a pair of buttery biscuits is how the Blue Plate Café likes to present its biscuits. But our readers know you can get those biscuits just about any way, whether topped with sausage gravy, honey, or simply a dab of butter.

“We don’t advertise a lot of fat-free stuff, and we don’t have a lot of skinny customers,” says owner Mike Richmond. He’s amazed at “how many of the doctors from nearby surgical groups come in after surgery, sitting down and having their biscuits and gravy.”

Downtown: 113 Court Square, 523-2050. East Memphis: 5469 Poplar, 761-9696. Bartlett: 2921 Kirby Whitten, 213-1066.

Finalists: Cracker Barrel, Bryant’s