The Flying Biscuit Cafe is now open in Athens at 1180B Prince Ave. The company, headquartered in Atlanta, operates locations in the South, including Texas. The Flying Biscuit opened its original location in East Atlanta in 1993. The corporate website said the menu is Southern-inspired. The Flying Biscuit offers dine-in, carry-out and catering.
It’s too early to know the full economic damage of the pandemic on the restaurant industry. The Brookings Institution report, Ten Facts about COVID-19 and the U.S. Economy, shows the economic impact overall. The GDP dropped 9.1% in the second quarter of 2020. Until then, the GDP had never dropped more than 3% in a single quarter since the government began keeping records in 1947.