Red Robin On Target for November Opening

Everything's still on track for a late fall opening for Cherry Hill's newest burger house, with Red Robin targeting late November for its official opening, company representative said.

The restaurant and an neighboring retail pad have been under construction at the Plaza at Cherry Hill since the summer, with the retail section largely complete at this point. The developer hasn’t indicated yet what might be going in there, township officials said.

The 4,000-square-foot retail building was slated as a speculative development, officials said, as part of the overall project, and should only require administrative approvals when tenants move into the spaces.

Though the restaurant is not yet complete, hiring has been posted for the Cherry Hill location for hourly workers, including everything from bartenders to line cooks. The typical Red Robin location employs around 150 people, spokeswoman Jamie Winter said.

The Cherry Hill location, like its other South Jersey counterparts, will feature a full bar and more than 15 varieties of hamburgers, as well as the chain’s signature bottomless steak fries.

The chain opened a 210-seat location in Deptford, at the time the company’s seventh in New Jersey, in February, occupying what was previously several storefronts in that mall’s Boscov’s wing.

Red Robin officially signed the lease on the Plaza at Cherry Hill property earlier this year, following planning board approval for the restaurant last fall.

The new restaurant will have plenty of competition in the burger market, from gourmet spots like Bobby Flay-owned Bobby’s Burger Palace at the neighboring Cherry Hill Mall and Zinburger on Haddonfield Road, to the popular quick-serve Five Guys at the Marketplace at Garden State Park.