Giant Chain Restaurant Devours Cherry Hill

Do you like chain restaurants? Well, then do I have a story for you: Houlihan’s has relocated from its mall location and now has a 10,000-square foot restaurant in Cherry Hill somewhere along Route 70. (I assume it hasn’t demolished the turnpike like in my example map, but who knows?)

The Camden Courier-Post’s article about the new Houlihan’s clocks in at a robust 935 words — and it does note the 460-seat location (the largest Houlihan’s in the country!) serves Flying Fish. And guess what else there is? Downright wacky memorabilia!

The decor is heavy on dark woods and comfy upholstered booths. Accessories, many brought over from the mall location, include such nostalgia staples as vintage signs, a Taittinger poster featuring a luminous Grace Kelly and a wall devoted to Marilyn Monroe memorabilia.

“All our stores have a wall like that, even though Houlihan’s was after Marilyn Monroe’s time,” Stennie said. [...] With the acquisition of the Cherry Hill operation, ACE now owns all the Houlihan’s on Long Island and in New Jersey, fulfilling what franchise president Arnie Runestad said was a five-year quest.

I cannot wait ’til the movie version of this five-year quest makes it to the big screen.

Houlihan’s serves up new site [Courier-Post]