A breakfast plate with two eggs, a choice of meat, grits and an exceptionally large biscuit tells you plenty about the morning agenda at Big Bad Breakfast in Homewood. This is a restaurant where breakfast arrives hot, the biscuits are substantial, and a simple order can quickly become a full-on Southern spread.
The menu has room for a direct, familiar meal—eggs, bacon, grits, pancakes—or a more leisurely brunch built around a skillet, an omelet, chicken and waffles, or a drink alongside the coffee. It suits the person who wants breakfast without ceremony and the table that plans to linger over several different plates.
Start With the Big Bad Plate
The Big Bad Breakfast plate is a sensible place to begin, particularly on a first visit. Two eggs, meat, grits and that oversized biscuit make a sturdy foundation, with enough separate pieces on the plate to satisfy people who have firm opinions about what breakfast ought to include.
Spicy bacon is one route for adding a little extra kick. House-made bacon is one of the restaurant's notable staples, and it gives a standard bacon-and-eggs order more personality than the usual side of thin strips.
For an even heartier direction, the Big Bad Skillet brings together ham, sausage, egg, onion and freshly shredded cheddar. It is the sort of breakfast that keeps each forkful a little different, with salty meat, soft egg and melted cheese working their way through the pan.
Biscuits With Their Own Following
The biscuit is not merely there to fill an empty corner of the plate. Big Bad Breakfast's house-made biscuits are buttery, generous and sturdy enough to stand up to gravy, egg yolk or a proper smear of jam. They have even held their appeal after the meal, eaten cold later on.
The Cathead Chicken biscuit puts one of those large biscuits to work as a main event. It is a distinctly Southern answer to the breakfast sandwich, built for someone who would rather have chicken and a biscuit than another ordinary egg-and-cheese combination.
Jams provide a sweeter counterpoint. Peach jam is a natural biscuit companion, while the berry jams bring clear blueberry and blackberry flavor. Add rich local honey, and the small extras on the table can turn a biscuit into its own little course.
Eggs Go Well Beyond Plain Scrambled
Omelets are a useful middle ground here: substantial enough for brunch, but still unmistakably breakfast. The BLT omelet combines eggs with crispy bacon and fresh tomato sauce, taking a familiar sandwich idea in a softer, fork-and-knife direction.
The oyster scramble is a more unusual order and comes with noticeable seasoning and heat. It gives the menu a regional twist without abandoning the comforting format of eggs for breakfast.
Eggs cooked in butter add another layer of richness to many of these dishes. That detail matters on a plate of grits and eggs, where a little butter flavor can carry all the way through the meal.
Waffles, Wraps and Other Brunch Detours
Chicken and waffles and Belgian waffles cover the sweet-and-savory side of the menu. Pancakes are available, too, making it easy for a mixed table to divide its attention between syrup, butter, bacon and more elaborate brunch plates.
Huevos Rancheros served with grits offers a different direction from the biscuit-and-bacon classics, while the Old School Wrap gives breakfast a hand-held format. A crumbled-biscuit dish with gravy, grits and sausage takes the opposite approach: less tidy, more spoon-ready, and thoroughly committed to comfort food.
Potato cakes are another welcome change from standard breakfast potatoes. Vegetarian selections, including a vegetable-focused breakfast order, give meat-free diners some choices without requiring the whole table to follow suit.
Orange Juice in a Glass Bottle
Fresh-squeezed orange juice is one of the restaurant's recurring morning pleasures. Florida oranges go through the juicer, and the juice can be taken to go in a glass bottle—a small touch that makes an ordinary drink feel more considered.
Coffee drinkers can settle in with regular refills. The roast runs dark, a good fit for rich eggs, sausage gravy and buttery biscuits, and a useful counterweight when the table has ordered something sweet.
Brunch need not remain entirely caffeinated. Margaritas, screwdrivers and other breakfast cocktails widen the possibilities for a later-morning meal, especially when waffles and chicken biscuits begin to sound like lunch in disguise.
A Busy Breakfast Room With Places to Settle In
Inside, Big Bad Breakfast has the welcoming, lively energy of a breakfast room that can handle families, friends, brunch dates and small groups. There is indoor dining along with counter or bar-area seating, and a second-floor area offers a view from above.
The room can be energetic during busy stretches, though it can also be calm enough for easy conversation. Attentive table check-ins and coffee refills help keep a family breakfast moving along without making it feel rushed.
Parking includes a rear lot and free street parking, although the spaces out front can be limited. Reservations are not required, but peak periods may bring a substantial line; an earlier visit is the easier route for anyone hoping to sit down promptly.
More Than a Dine-In Breakfast
For mornings that do not allow time at a table, Big Bad Breakfast also offers order-ahead and delivery options. Catering extends the menu beyond the dining room, useful when a group wants biscuits, eggs and Southern breakfast staples brought into a gathering instead.
Still, the broad menu rewards a sit-down visit. One person can keep it classic with eggs and grits while another follows the skillet, the oyster scramble, the chicken-and-waffles route or a glass-bottled orange juice to a more ambitious morning.