Bates House of Turkey, long a staple in Butler County and beyond, has announced it is opening a new location!
the new location is in Montgomery at the Westminster Shopping Center at Carter Hill Road and Zelda Road. A spokesperson said a soft opening was held Tuesday with a grand opening planned for May 8.
The Bates family is celebrating a century of business, having originally opened a free-range turkey farm in 1923. Bill Bates expanded the turkey farm near Fort Deposit, opening the famed turkey houseBates, who passed away in 2013,, recalled during a 2005 interview with WSFA 12 News that it all got started when his great aunt gave his father nine turkey eggs as a wedding present. The business has been going strong for more than five generations.
The Bates family also provides the ceremonial turkeys every year for Alabama’s governor to “pardon” at Thanksgiving.
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