Biscuit and Counter

Biscuit & Counter is the culmination of over 30 years of combined culinary and community experience from founding team Lance and Marlo. What began as a modest home-based biscuit baking project at the start of the pandemic has grown into a thriving small business seeking a permanent home to serve up a biscuit-centric breakfast/brunch/lunch menu in downtown Palm Springs.

Biscuit & Counter arrived in Palm Springs in September 2020 and quickly got to work baking out of a commercial kitchen and baking biscuits by the dozen for residents and tourists
Within months, Biscuit & Counter was running a thriving weekend biscuit brunch pop up at the Cole Hotel, baking wholesale for numerous coffee shops and restaurants around town, and catering small events
To date Biscuit & Counter has been completely self-funded, building a solid kitchen team and investing in baking equipment and appliances
Biscuit & Counter's social media following has increased tenfold, with media attention from The Los Angeles Times, The Desert Times, Palm Springs Life Magazine, Eater LA and The Hollywood Reporter
Biscuit & Counter is currently negotiating a long-term lease for a permanent home in downtown Palm Springs

Marlo Sandler, Founder
A passionate community builder with more than two decades of experience in city planning, Marlo has held leadership positions across city government, private startups, and non-profit neighborhood organizations, all centered around a desire to engage stakeholders, support local economic development and cultivate thriving communities.

Lance Velasquez, Founder
A seasoned and acclaimed San Francisco Bay Area chef with experience across a breadth of different culinary traditions, Lance's vision for Biscuit & Counter is a culmination of decades cooking and creating from fine dining establishments to urban neighborhood breakfast spots, with extensive training in Georgia, Alabama and South Carolina, honing his "low country" cuisine skills.