It appears a new Mission BBQ location is coming to Cherry Hill’s Marketplace at Garden State Park shopping center )where Wegmans is also located).
Additionally, prior reports of Mission BBQ Sicklerville opening on December 17th has been delayed via an official announcement at there Facebook page. A new date has not yet been set.
Mission BBQ – Cherry Hill
The BBQ restaurant brand is in early stage planning for a Cherry Hill location believed to be opening on Route 70 in Cherry Hill.
The identified unit within the Garden State Park retail complex was originally a Pei Wei fast-casual Asian restaurant located, then a Land’s End store….in the same building as the recently opened Tommy’s Tavern and Tap.
The multi-unit building is immediately to the right of the shopping center’s main Route 70 entrance.
I always use Wegmans to identify this shopping center as the popular supermarket is such a unique and well-known business, people instantly connect with the location … but more specifically this new Mission BBQ will be more in front of the Home Depot,
So I noticed several weeks ago that leasing documents for the Garden State Park Retail Complex identified this as “Lease Pending. Fast Casual BBQ Restaurant” but I had held off putting the story online just waiting to confirm who was coming in.
Recently the popular Facebook page “A View From Evesham” beat me to getting the story online, and put the leasing summary info online and pondered if it were Mission BBQ.
Earlier today a loyal reader of 42Freeway messaged me saying they had reached out to the customer service team at Mission BBQ via social media, and asked about their plans to come to Cherry Hill (specifically to the Rt 70 Shopping center)
Hi! Thanks for your message! Yes, we expect to come to that great community (Cherry Hill) at the end of next year (2025), Thank you!
Mission BBQ Customer Support
Absolutely I would prefer to see the brand and location linked 100% together, but what we do have is:
- the Garden State Park Shopping Center in Cherry Hill says a fast casual BBQ restaurant is coming
- Mission BBQ says they are planning on opening in Cherry Hill
So do those two halves of information equal a whole Mission BBQ coming to Cherry Hill Route 70? Likely.
Mission BBQ – Sicklerville
In other area Mission BBQ news, they have a location close to opening in Sicklerville, Cross Keys Road… and that mid-December opening will be delayed although a new date has not been set yet.
In an update last month I had reported they were planning on opening on December 17th, based on several public reports from area emergency services and military organizations, who were invited to participate in the Grand Opening celebrations.
But just three days ago the official national Mission BBQ Facebook page announced that they will not be opening on that date, and will be postponing their military appreciation night and Grand Opening celebration for Sicklerville to a later date.
A new date has not been announced just yet.
Mission BBQ – Delicious Food With Meaning
I think at this point everyone knows what Mission BBQ is all about… but in a quick summary, They are a privately held national chain of fresh BBQ restaurants where everything is made in store including the delicious sides.
They first entered the South Jersey market with a large Deptford location which has proven to be very popular.
An underlying theme of the restaurant is to support and honor emergency service personnel and the military… the theming of the restaurant supports that, and Mission BBQ says nationally they have donated over $20 million to charities associated with those organizations.
Links and Locations
Mission BBQ Cherry Hill – Planned
Market Place at Garden State Park
2000 Route 70 W
Cherry Hill Township, NJ 08002
Mission BBQ Sicklerville (Opening Soon)
601 Berlin-Cross Keys Rd
Sicklerville (Gloucester Township), NJ