Biscuitville
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Restaurant
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chain consisting of 58 locations in the U.S. state
U.S. state
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s of North Carolina
North Carolina
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and Virginia
Virginia
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. The restaurants specialize in breakfast food and Southern cuisine. All biscuits served at Biscuitville restaurants are made from scratch "hot every 20 minutes". The company, originally named Mountainbrook Fresh Bread & Milk (eventually known as Pizzaville), started as two bread stores in Burlington
Burlington, North Carolina
Burlington is a city in Alamance and Guilford counties in the U.S. state of North Carolina. It is the principal city of the Burlington, North Carolina Metropolitan Statistical Area which encompasses all of Alamance County, in which most of the city is located. The population was 49,963 at the 2010...
, North Carolinahttp://www.biscuitville.com/about/aboutus.aspx. The founder, Maurice Jennings, began making pizzas, but soon wanted a way to put the business to work in the morning. The company began making biscuits, and the company eventually sold more biscuits than pizzas. The company decided to open its first biscuit-only operation, which it named "Biscuitville", opened in Danville, VA, in 1975. Today, the corporate headquarters is in Greensboro, North Carolina
Greensboro, North Carolina
Greensboro is a city in the U.S. state of North Carolina. It is the third-largest city by population in North Carolina and the largest city in Guilford County and the surrounding Piedmont Triad metropolitan region. According to the 2010 U.S...
. The company has put all future expansion plans on hold indefinitely http://www.fayobserver.com/articles/2010/10/10/1033839.