Hero Diner
Restaurant · Atlanta ·
Specialty donuts, brioche buns, burgers & breakfast sandwiches
Specialty donuts, brioche buns, burgers & breakfast sandwiches
"The Hero Doughnuts and Buns name is a big tip-off of what they do best. It's on our doughnut list, so we get why this place is always buzzing with families on weekends or remote workers staging their video calls in front of the venue’s loud red walls. A variety of donuts like the apple crisp with a fruit and cinnamon mash on top (no poser synthetic filling from a jar) make this a perfect morning pit stop. But later in the day when we need some protein, we’d make a special trip for their two-patty cheesy burger on a light fluffy bun." - juli horsford, demarco williams
"The menu at Birmingham, Alabama-based Hero Doughnuts in Summerhill features over a dozen doughnut flavors, including a variety of cream-filled and cake doughnuts with toppings such as Fruity Pebbles or vanilla, chocolate, or pistachio glaze. Jam-filled doughnuts tend to change with the seasons. Hero also sells doughnut holes dipped in vanilla glaze, apple fritters, and cinnamon rolls. Most doughnuts are made using a brioche dough, which is also used to create the buns for Hero’s bacon, egg, and cheese breakfast sandwich, kolaches, hamburgers, fried bologna sandwich, and Buffalo chicken “super crunch” sandwich." - Lia Picard
"If for some reason your mind immediately drifts to a rain-drenched Enrique Iglesias when you head to Hero Doughnuts in Summerhill, we understand. But once the cashier politely interrupts, order the light and airy donut holes and the Apple Crisp (our favorite) with a cinnamon apple mash on top that tastes like a homemade apple pie—not that poser synthetic filling from a jar. If you need more sustenance than sugary bread, Hero has spicy kolaches and sandwiches, like their egg and cheese bun. Unlike most grab-and-go donut spots, Hero has plenty of indoor and outdoor seating in case you want to indulge immediately and get back to singing Enrique in your head." - juli horsford, demarco williams
"If for some reason your mind immediately drifts to a rain-drenched Enrique Iglesias when you head to Hero Doughnuts in Summerhill, we understand. But once the cashier politely interrupts, order the light and airy donut holes and the Apple Crisp (our favorite) with a cinnamon apple mash on top that tastes like a homemade apple pie—not that poser synthetic filling from a jar. If you need more sustenance than sugary bread, Hero has spicy kolaches and sandwiches, like their egg and cheese bun. Unlike most grab-and-go donut spots, Hero has plenty of indoor and outdoor seating in case you want to indulge immediately and get back to singing Enrique in your head." - Juli Horsford
"Maepole joins Junior’s Pizza, Woods Chapel BBQ, Halfway Crooks Beer, Little Bear, Hot Dog Pete’s, Hero Doughnuts, and Little Tart Bakeshop and Big Softie on Georgia Avenue." - Beth McKibben