re: College town breakfast

The Waysider in Tuscaloosa is probably the most well known breakfast in town, mainly because it was where Coach Bryant read the morning paper and ate country ham with red-eye gravy and biscuits.

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Built in 1906 as a residence, the Waysider was the favorite breakfast place of legendary Coach Paul “Bear” Bryant.” There remains a table in the front corner of the Waysider where he ate.

Heavyweight boxer Deontay Wilder, a Tuscaloosa native, is a frequent diner.

When national TV networks come in town to cover major games, the staff usually eats at the Waysider. Rece Davis counts it among his favorite stops.

This past season, on the day before University of Alabama students went home for their Christmas break, members of the Crimson Tide football team ate a Southern-style breakfast there. That visit is a pre-game Tide tradition.

But with the Rose Bowl game on the opposite side of the country in Pasadena, arrangements were quietly made to have a mainstay fly to California with the team. Roll biscuits at the Waysider.

So far the Alabama entourage has closely guarded the unique biscuits, as there is an unspoken fear that Michigan may try to steal the recipe.

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