For those who haven’t eaten at Magnolia Point, the new restaurant in a 90-year-old building on Birmingham’s Southside, Saturday may be your day to check it out.

That’s when the restaurant — which boasts a billboard-sized mural of the late Willie J. Perry, the everyday hero known as “Birmingham’s Batman” — will celebrate Willie Perry Day with a special menu and cocktail in his honor.

From 11 a.m. to 10 p.m. Saturday, Magnolia Point will offer some of Perry’s favorite foods — including fried chicken, mac and cheese, pinto beans and chocolate cake — as well as a Kool Aid-inspired cocktail.

Commemorative placemats at each table will share more about Perry’s story, and guests will have an opportunity to get photos of themselves alongside the “Birmingham’s Batman” mural.

In the early 1980s, Perry cruised the streets of Birmingham in a 1971 Ford Thunderbird that he called the Rescue Ship, helping stranded motorists whose cars were out of gas or had a flat tire or a dead battery.

He was also known to drive those without a car to their doctor’s appointments and to give kids a ride in the Rescue Ship on their birthdays.

“He was the AAA for the inner city,” Jefferson County Commissioner Sheila Tyson, who was in elementary school when Perry was making his rounds, said in a 2015 interview with AL.com. “He was the AAA we never had. He was the Meals on Wheels. He was the party organizer.”

Like the Batmobile, Perry’s Rescue Ship was equipped with all sorts of electronic gadgetry, including a TV, a stereo system, an Atari video console, a toaster oven, and in the days before Waze, an electric address finder.

“You’ll find people are not going to stop for anyone who’s in trouble, especially in rush hour,” Perry said in a 1982 interview. “Batman was known for helping people in distress. And that’s my image, too.”

Perry died in 1985 of carbon monoxide poisoning when the door to his garage closed while he was working on his Rescue Ship.

In 1982, then Birmingham Mayor Richard Arrington Jr. declared Aug. 3 as Willie Perry Day in Birmingham, and it’s been celebrated with sporadic events ever since.

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Michael Mouron of Capstone Real Estate Investments owns the Magnolia Point building, and he commissioned Birmingham street artist Marcus Fetch to paint a mural on the north wall of the restaurant.

It was Fetch’s idea to honor Perry and his Rescue Ship

“Everybody loved him,” Fetch told AL.com earlier this year. “The whole city loved him. He was an icon.”

Fetch and his partner, spray paint artist Dewon Moton, finished the mural earlier this year. While they were painting, Moton dressed up in a red jumpsuit and white helmet to channel the spirit of Perry.

“Willie J. Perry was a beloved Birmingham legend whose Good Samaritan acts left an indelible mark on the city,” Mouron, the developer, said in a statement.

“By commissioning this mural at Magnolia Point, our hope is to not only pay homage to his story and impact but also remind the community the importance of treating others the way we would all hope to be treated if in need.”

Magnolia Point is at 2234 Magnolia Ave. South in Birmingham, Ala. The phone is 205-732-7146. For more information, go here.