Loveless Cafe

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The Loveless Cafe had its modest launch in 1951 when Lon and Annie Loveless began serving fried chicken and biscuits from the front door of their home to travelers who passed by on US Highway 100 in Nashville, Tennessee. In time the tiny home became a planned stop for those traveling through Nashville. As demand grew, Lon Loveless built and ran 14 motel rooms on the property and launched the Loveless Motel and Cafe.

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Loveless Cafe Biscuits and Ham from $28

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The Loveless Cafe has changed hands over the years, and the Loveless Motel Rooms are no longer in use, but thankfully, Annie Loveless’ biscuit recipe never changed with the ownership, enabling the Loveless Motel and Cafe to maintain its position as a true Tennessee tradition.

Even today The Loveless Cafe remains true to its authentic southern comfort food, and that southern comfort can now be be delivered to your door. Loveless breakfast baskets are on our personal list to send as a gift at Christmas, Easter, house warmings, and baby welcomings. Yeah, we’re cool like that.

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Pricing: Biscuit mix starts at $7, but you can send Ham ‘n’ Biscuits for $28, or full southern breakfasts for $60+

Shipping: Shipping starts at $12 FedEx ground

Location: Nashville, Tennessee

Take me there! store.lovelesscafe.com

Jeni’s Splendid Ice Cream

jenis-ice-creamFirst the good news: you can learn the secrets of Jeni Britton Bauer’s ice cream making by picking up her New York Times best-selling book, Jeni’s Splendid Ice Creams at Home. The cookbook was dubbed the “homemade-ice cream-making Bible” by The Wall Street Journal and earned Jeni a James Beard Award, America’s most coveted honor for those writing about food and the culinary arts.

Now here’s better news: Skip the DIY route and just have some pints of ice cream, sorbet or frozen yogurt delivered right to your door. Jeni opened Jeni’s Splendid Ice Creams in 2002 in Columbus, Ohio’s North Market. Her ice creams have been praised by Time (“America’s best”), Cooking Light (“deadly delicious”), and Saveur (“revolutionary”), while Food & Wine stated, “No one makes ice cream like Jeni Britton Bauer.”

Jeni and her kitchen team make every ice cream, sorbet, and frozen yogurt with grass-grazed Ohio cream, local produce, and carefully sourced ingredients including rare, fair-trade vanilla and bean-to-bar chocolate. Signature flavors include Wildberry Lavendar, Whiskey and Pecans, Salty Caramel, or how about Goat Cheese with Red Cherries. Tempted? Me too!

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Pricing: $12 a pint, and now flat-rate shipping starts as low as $13.

Corporate Gifts: Yes

Take me there! Jeni’s Splendid Ice Cream or 614-488-3224

Locations: Columbus, Ohio; Nashville, Tennessee; Atlanta, Georgia; Chicago, Illinois