Jalapeno-cilantro hummus, breakfast gyros and other Mediterranean-American originals are coming to Birmingham as Glory Bound Gyro Company prepares to open this summer.

Ain't Life Grand Investments - the same group that operates Mugshots Grill & Bar and Topher's Rock 'n Roll Grill - will open at 2000 2nd Ave. S., at the bottom of Station 121 apartments.

"We've had our eye on that area for a while, our sister company Mugshots Grill & Bar opened a location in Uptown Birmingham in May, and we were travelling around because we knew that Glory Bound would be ready to expand in 2015," co-founder Will Taylor said. "When that opportunity came, we jumped right on top of it. There's a lot going on out there, with the Publix coming and Good People Brewing."

The restaurant takes Mediterranean dishes and blends them with American concepts, and offers different varieties of gyros and 10 different types of hummus.

Glory Bound already operates in Tuscaloosa and Hattiesburg, Mississippi, and will open another location in Covington, Louisiana, before the Birmingham location opens. Taylor said with so many Birmingham residents coming to the Tuscaloosa location on football game days, there's already some local brand recognition.

Mugshots is Ain't Life Grand's biggest brand with 14 locations in three states.