Big Bad Breakfast opening in Vestavia Hills May 13
That BBB location will be open for breakfast and lunch daily from 7 a.m. to 2:30 p.m. and will be located at 1467 Montgomery Highway, according to the chain. It is the seventh BBB in Alabama and third in the Birmingham area. The Southern breakfast concept was created by James Beard award-winning chef John Currence.
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