A beloved Mexican restaurant is returning to Hoover after closing its doors earlier this year.

Habaneros Mexican Grill, which closed its Montgomery Highway location in February, will be building a new restaurant in Hoover in the fall, according to the Birmingham Business Journal .

The restaurant has operated for more than two decades in the Birmingham metro. In recent months, the grill has received an outpouring of support from local residents and loyal customers.

“Habaneros Mexican Grill was not just a restaurant, it was a hub of joy and memories for all of us,” Chance Pruitt wrote in a Change.org petition , urging the restaurant’s popular Hoover location to be reinstated.

The petition now has more than 600 signatures.

“Angela and the rest of the staff were more than just emplo

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