Hero Doughnuts & Buns opens eighth location close to main Equal Justice Initiative in Montgomery

Hero Doughnuts & Buns is bringing its brioche doughnuts, buns and extra to Alabama’s capital metropolis with a brand new location close to one among its hottest sights.

Hero Doughnuts & Buns opened its new Montgomery retailer, situated at 350 North Perry Avenue throughout from Equal Justice Initiative’s Legacy Museum and Legacy Plaza, this morning, providing downtown guests and residents a much-needed breakfast and lunch possibility.

Hero bought its begin within the Birmingham space in 2017 when Birmingham chef Wil Drake opened its first location in Homewood. Since then, the eatery — which serves an eclectic menu of distinctive doughnut flavors, burgers and extra, all made with its signature French brioche — has opened eight shops in Alabama, Tennessee and Georgia.

Hero Doughnuts & Buns’ new Montgomery retailer, situated at 350 North Perry Avenue throughout from Equal Justice Initiative’s Legacy Museum and Legacy Plaza.Amber Sutton

“We’re super excited to have our eighth location here in Montgomery,” Drake mentioned on the opening. “It’s a very fun menu. It’s all from memories of my childhood, all my recipes. We make everything in-house from scratch. Our main focus is our dough, so we are all about the dough that we make, our brioche dough, we use that for our buns, our hamburgers and sandwiches, even for our homemade doughnuts.”

Open 7 a.m. till 4 p.m., Hero’s lunch choices embody its fashionable “super crunch” rooster sandwich, which consists of fried rooster breast, pepper jam, pickles and is specialty “cracked sauce,” in addition to burgers, together with the Hero cheeseburger that AL.com named one of many prime 5 burgers in Birmingham in 2023, milkshakes, salads and extra.

Hero is a part of the Pihakis Restaurant Group, which partnered with the Equal Justice Initiative to assist fulfill a necessity for eating choices inside strolling distance of its websites. Little Donkey, one other Pihakis Restaurant Group, is slated to open subsequent door within the coming weeks.

“This is desperately needed in downtown Montgomery,” mentioned Equal Justice Initiative’s Government Director Bryan Stevenson in the course of the opening. “We partnered with these wonderful folks because we have thousands of visitors coming to our sites, and a lot of times, they’re wandering around looking for places to eat. We are very excited to bring a quality establishment like Hero to downtown Montgomery.”

The Montgomery location of Hero Doughnuts & Buns is situated at 350 N. Perry Avenue. For extra info, go to its web site.