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Phyllis Cabe Blevins sees blessings in biscuits at The Big Biscuit Barn in Rossville, Georgia

Staff Photo by Matt Hamilton / Phyllis Cabe Blevins takes a coffee break at The Big Biscuit Barn in Rossville, Ga. Staff Photo by Matt Hamilton / Phyllis Cabe Blevins takes a coffee break at The Big Biscuit Barn in Rossville, Ga.

By Anne Braly July 19, 2022 5 min read

Phyllis Cabe Blevins, a.k.a. The Biscuit Lady, grew up just across the street from where she now commands the kitchen at The Big Biscuit Barn in Rossville. A graduate of Lakeview High School, she recalls going to the grocery store every Friday night and, as a young girl, couldn’t reach high enough to touch the top of the produce counters that also held big boxes of toy kitchens.

“I’ve loved cooking since I was little and always wished I’d get one of those toy kitchens for Christmas, but I never did,” she recalls. “But then, as a grown-up, I know God blessed me with my heart’s desire – a restaurant!”

Blevins opened her Big Biscuit Barn in 2007, and it quickly became the go-to place in Rossville and beyond for bodacious biscuits and other breakfast fare, as well as country-style lunches and mouthwatering desserts.

Here, she tells what prompted her to go from cooking at country fairs to opening her own restaurant.