Ozark Mountain Biscuit and Bar

What Ozark Mountain Biscuit and Bar does

Ozark Mountain Biscuit Co. is a family-owned Southern comfort food restaurant business founded in 2013 in Columbia, Missouri, with roots tracing five generations to Northeast Arkansas. The company operates a multi-channel foodservice model centered on scratch-made buttermilk biscuits and Southern sides, using locally sourced ingredients including soft winter wheat from a Kansas farm, proteins from regional farms (Patchwork Family Farms, Maries River Wagyu, Luebbering Shorthorns, Stanton Brothers), and house-made preparations. The Biscuit & Bar, a full-service restaurant and bar opened in 2021 at 1204 Hinkson Avenue, anchors the operation with dine-in service, an espresso bar, craft cocktails, and local beers across weekday and weekend hours with a closed Tuesday.

The company's revenue is generated through four primary streams: (1) restaurant and bar sales from dine-in and carry-out, (2) mobile food truck operations at the Columbia Farmers Market and music/film festivals regionally and nationally, (3) customized catering for weddings, corporate events, and private occasions offered in buffet, food truck, or full-service formats, and (4) retail distribution of Take 'n Bake frozen biscuits through local Columbia grocery chains including HyVee, Moser's, Clover's, and The Root Cellar. Online ordering is facilitated through the Toast Tab platform, and gift cards are sold through the same channel. The company also operates a secondary concept, Kokomo Joe's, a taco-focused sub-brand featuring seafood and vegetarian options that travels alongside the Biscuit Truck.

The business is privately held with no external investors or parent company documented. Headcount stands at 8 employees. The underlying technology stack is non-proprietary and limited to standard restaurant point-of-sale (Toast Tab), e-commerce storefront, and social media channels. The company's competitive differentiation rests on culinary authenticity, family heritage, locally sourced supply relationships, and multi-channel presence within the Columbia, MO market rather than on technology or scale advantages. The company received Best of Columbia recognition in 2023 for its food truck.

Name

Ozark Mountain Biscuit and Bar

Legal name

Ozark Mountain Biscuit Co.

Website

https://ozarkbiscuits.com

Company type

Private

Founded year

2013

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

1–10 employees

Short description

Ozark Mountain Biscuit Co. is a family-owned Columbia, Missouri restaurant business operating a full-service biscuit restaurant and bar, a mobile food truck, catering services, and retail frozen biscuits across four local grocers, serving Columbia-area consumers seeking scratch-made Southern comfort food.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Casual Dining Restaurants

NAICS

Retail Bakeries (311811), Baked Goods Retailers (445291), Special Food Services (7223)

SIC

Retail-Eating Places (5812), Bakery Products (2050), Retail-Eating & Drinking Places (5810)

akta.pro primary industry

Cafe-Bakeries (Bakery + Coffee/Foodservice) (THAFAFAG)

Keywords

• Southern comfort food
• Scratch-made biscuits
• Food truck catering
• Farm-to-table restaurant
• Take and bake biscuits

Headquarters

HQ city

Columbia

HQ country

United States

HQ region

North America

Offices2 records

Markets served

GTM type

B2C

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Supply Chain, Personnel, Operations, Marketing or Sales, Infrastructure

Revenue model

1. Restaurant and Bar Sales: Full-service restaurant and bar revenue from dine-in customers, featuring Southern comfort food, brunch, dinner, and happy hour service. Open weekdays 8am-9pm, weekends 9am-9pm with Happy Hour 3pm-6pm. Closed Tuesdays.
2. Food Truck Operations: Mobile food truck generating revenue at local Columbia events, festivals, and the Columbia Farmers Market. Serves signature biscuit breakfasts and sandwiches at music and film festivals locally and nationally.
3. Catering Services: Customized catering for weddings, company events, and special occasions. Fully customizable menu with pricing calculated per person. Offers buffet style, food truck, or full-service catering options.
4. Retail Take 'n Bake Biscuits: Pre-packaged Take 'n Bake Biscuits sold through local Columbia grocery store freezer sections including HyVee, Moser's, Clover's, and The Root Cellar.

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion2 records

Distribution channels5 records

Marketing channels6 records

Core offering

Ozark Mountain Biscuit Co. operates a Southern comfort food restaurant business centered on scratch-made buttermilk biscuits and family recipes. The company sells through a full-service restaurant and bar (Biscuit & Bar) in Columbia, MO, a mobile Biscuit Truck at farmers markets and festivals, customizable catering for weddings and corporate events, and Take 'n Bake Biscuits sold at local grocery stores. Its offerings target local diners, event attendees, catering clients, and home bakers seeking restaurant-quality Southern food.

Product overview

Ozark Mountain Biscuit Co. operates a multi-channel food service business centered on scratch-made Southern cuisine. The core offerings include the Biscuit & Bar full-service restaurant (with espresso bar, craft cocktails, and local beers), the Biscuit Truck mobile food unit serving festivals and farmers markets, and catering services for events. The company also sells Take 'n Bake Biscuits at local grocers and operates the Kokomo Joe's taco concept. Merchandise including apparel and stickers is available at the restaurant. Founded in 2013 as a food truck, the company opened its brick-and-mortar restaurant in 2021.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Brands

• Kokomo Joe's: A taco joint featuring fresh seafood and vegetarian options, operated alongside the Biscuit Truck.

Products and services

• Biscuit & Bar Full-service restaurant and bar at 1204 Hinkson Avenue, Columbia, MO, serving scratch-made biscuits, Southern cuisine, craft cocktails, and local beers with indoor dining, patio seating, brunch, dinner, and happy hour service (closed Tuesdays).
• Biscuit Truck Mobile food truck serving made-from-scratch buttermilk biscuit sandwiches and Southern sides at Columbia streets, the Columbia Farmers Market (Saturdays 9am-12pm), and music and film festivals locally and nationally.
• Catering Services Customized catering for weddings, company events, and special occasions with fully customizable menus, pricing calculated per person, and service formats including buffet, food truck, and full-service options. Full bar service is available upon inquiry.
• Take 'n Bake Biscuits Frozen take-and-bake buttermilk biscuits sold in the freezer section at Columbia, MO grocers including HyVee (Nifong, Broadway, Conley), Moser's (Faurot, Rangeline, Conley), Clover's Market (Broadway, Chapel Hill), and The Root Cellar, allowing customers to bake restaurant-quality biscuits at home.
• Kokomo Joe's A taco joint sub-brand operated by the company featuring fresh seafood and vegetarian options, found alongside the Biscuit Truck at music and film festivals.
• Ozark Mountain Biscuit Co. Merchandise and Gift Cards Branded merchandise (t-shirts, tank tops, stickers) and gift cards available for purchase at the Biscuit & Bar and through the Toast Tab platform.

Quantifiable outcome

• Operating since 2013 with successful transition from food truck to full-service restaurant

Named customers5 records

Segments4 records

Ideal customer profiles4 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Integration1 record

Feature1 record

Partnerships

Five partnerships are on record, tiered core.

• Patchwork Family FarmscoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerLocal farm partner supplying sustainable, quality ingredients for the restaurant's Southern cuisine. Provides breakfast sausage and other proteins for the scratch-made menu.
• Maries River WagyucoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerLocal Wagyu beef supplier supporting the restaurant's commitment to quality, locally sourced proteins.
• Luebbering ShorthornscoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerLocal cattle farm supplying quality beef products for the Southern-style menu.
• Stanton BrotherscoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerLocal farm partner supplying quality eggs and poultry for the restaurant's menu items.
• Kansas Soft Winter Wheat FarmcoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerFarm in Kansas supplying soft winter wheat (9% protein content) for the restaurant's signature biscuits. This wheat is used instead of White Lily flour to achieve authentic Southern-style biscuit texture.

Scale indicators2 records

Recent moves6 records

Expansion highlights4 records

Broad incumbents

• Cracker Barrel: National chain offering Southern comfort food, breakfast, and retail products; operates at much larger scale than Ozark and competes for the same Southern comfort food customer, but as a broad incumbent rather than a biscuit specialist.
• First Watch: National day-time brunch and breakfast chain; overlaps with Ozark on brunch daypart and breakfast comfort food but operates as a broad breakfast/brunch incumbent rather than a biscuit-focused concept.

Emerging players

• Another Broken Egg Cafe: Growing breakfast/brunch franchise with Southern-inspired menu items; competes for the same brunch and catering customer segments as Ozark in adjacent regional markets.
• Sunrise Cafe: Multi-location Southern comfort food breakfast and brunch concept; partial overlap with Ozark's biscuit-led brunch positioning and scratch-made heritage narrative.

Direct peers

• Biscuithead: Asheville, NC biscuit-focused brunch concept with scratch-made biscuit menu items and a Southern farm-to-table identity very similar to Ozark's positioning.
• Maple Street Biscuit Company: Multi-unit biscuit-focused Southern comfort food concept with a similar scratch-made biscuit anchor, community/festival presence, and restaurant-plus-retail growth model directly comparable to Ozark Mountain's positioning.
• Biscuit Love: Nashville biscuit restaurant with a strong local brand, brunch/dinner service, and a packaged biscuit mix retail line, mirroring Ozark's combination of full-service restaurant, biscuit heritage story, and CPG extension.
• Callie's Hot Little Biscuit: Charleston-based biscuit specialist combining a brick-and-mortar counter with packaged biscuit products for retail and wholesale distribution — a direct analog to Ozark's restaurant plus Take 'n Bake retail strategy.

Market position

Strengths4 records

Weaknesses4 records

Competitive moat3 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights6 records

Customer concentration

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• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/ozarkbiscuits

Compliance1 record

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Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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M&A

Investments

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