Construction Crews are on site of the former Teppanyaki Grill and Supreme Buffet on Blackwood Clementon Road, starting the process to convert it into a new restaurant experience… coming soon is Osaka Sushi Grill & Buffet.
A loyal 42Freeway reader reached out to me this morning saying they saw construction activity taking place at the property, which has probably been closed for four or five years.
The location is the Commerce Square Shopping Center on Blackwood Clementon Road in Gloucester Township. The center is located next to a Royal Farms convenience store…. well, with the Commerce Shopping Center positioned further back behind the parking lot, and immediately in front along the roadway are Wells Fargo Bank and Wendy’s.
The buffet location is the leftmost end unit of the shopping center, closest to Royal Farms. The former buffet was a large space at 14,595 square feet. All indications are that the new Osaka Sushi Grill & Buffet restaurant will be utilizing the same space.
Many will remember that previously a closed Super Fresh supermarket was further to the left of the center (behind Royal Farms) and attached to the buffet space. That supermarket building was demolished ahead of Royal Farms being developed.
When I arrived at the site earlier today I saw half a dozen construction vehicles on site, and numerous workers who appeared to be focused on initial demolition aspects of the project. They likely showed up just this week.
It seems ownership is very eager to get things open as the construction permit for the location is dated August 6th, and within a week construction crews had already arrived on site to start the remodeling efforts.
The inside of the restaurant had been left exactly as it was on it’s last day of business four or five years ago. While I was not able to get photos of the interior today, I was able to see in through one of the doorways and noticed the buffet tables were still in place.
So I don’t have details of what the full plans are for the new restaurant or it’s expected opening date.
I believe I have been able to track down the owners of this new upcoming Osaka Sushi Grill & Buffet restaurant. While they are locally based, I do not believe they are affiliated with any of the other existing Osaka named restaurants in South Jersey.
I realized readers would be excited for this news to see a new sushi, grill & buffet restaurant coming back to the center and the roadway, so I wanted to get this initial information out there.
But clearly the new name spells out the key aspects of what the restaurant will be offering… fresh sushi, hot grill food items & and an all you can eat buffet.
More details to come!
Blackwood Clementon Road is one of those “commercial corridors” that some locals like to beat-up, but the reality is there has been significant development over the last 10 years of my writing this site, with the largest project starting soon… the new Zallie ShopRite at Cherrywood, which will take over the former K-Mart building.
Other recent developments include a new “Super” Wawa, Modwash Car Wash, Burger King, Honey Grove dispensary, multi-tenant building (Chipotle, WingStop, Smoothie King), Giant Fitness at Commerce II, Rita’s Water Ice, Take 5 Oil, Republic Bank and likely others that I missed!
Links and Location
Osaka Sushi Grill & Buffet
1419 Blackwood-Clementon Rd
Clementon, NJ 08021