Cherry Hill's Food Map Is Being Redrawn Along Route 70
For years, the shorthand for eating out in Cherry Hill pointed to the mall or to one of the older Route 70 standbys. That shorthand no longer fits. The reopened H Mart at 1720 Route 70 is now a two-level destination with a full food hall on the upper floor, and the arrivals clustered around it, along with fresh activity at Cherry Hill Mall, have quietly shifted where residents actually go when they want something new. If you have lived here a while, the map you carry in your head is probably a version behind.
This is a short tour of what has actually opened, what is under construction, and how the geography of a weeknight meal in Cherry Hill has changed in 2026.
The Cherry Hill H Mart closed in June 2025 for what was originally pitched as a three-month remodel. It reopened on April 23, 2026, roughly ten months later, with a fully rebuilt lower-level grocery and an entirely new second floor. H Mart has served the Cherry Hill community for 25 years, originally operating solely on the lower level of the two-story building along Route 70 near I-295, and company leadership described this full closure and rebuild as a rare investment to bring the store up to the latest H Mart standards.
The lower floor still functions as a grocery, with a rebuilt produce department at the rear entrance and an expanded seafood section. The upstairs is the change worth walking through. It houses the Market Eatery food hall, a K-Arcade, a snack and health-and-beauty aisle, and a "Hello Home" home goods area. There is an interior staircase and elevator connecting both levels, though purchases from the grocery section must be completed on the first floor.
For a neighborhood used to a single-purpose Asian grocery on this corner, the vendor list upstairs is the real signal of what the site is trying to be:
| Vendor | Concept |
|---|---|
| Kyodong Noodles | Korean-style Chinese noodles |
| Daily Seoul | Korean lifestyle food brand |
| Mirim | Traditional Korean |
| The Dak | Korean fried chicken |
| Dduk Dabang | Korean street food |
| Tiger Sugar | Taiwanese bubble tea |
| Paris Baguette | Bakery café, front-of-building with direct exterior access |
The food hall includes Kyodong Noodles, a Korean-style Chinese noodle restaurant; Daily Seoul, a Korean lifestyle food brand; Mirim, a traditional Korean restaurant; The Dak, a Korean fried chicken concept; Dduk Dabang, a Korean street food brand; and Tiger Sugar, a Taiwanese bubble tea brand. Paris Baguette occupies the most prominent slot. A major highlight in the upper level is Paris Baguette, which occupies the front-most portion of the building with direct exterior access, and the bakery café features a Parisian-inspired design and offers a wide selection of freshly made pastries, breads, cakes, cookies, savory items, and beverages, including Asian-style drinks.
A seventh concept is on the way. JAWS Topokki & Gimbap lists Cherry Hill H-Mart as a new location expected to open in July 2026, and JAWS Topokki, established in 2007, has become a major Korean street food brand known for its signature tteokbokki, with a press release from fall 2024 stating the company operates more than 300 stores in Korea.
The practical read for a resident: the upstairs is designed as a sit-and-stay space, not a food-court afterthought. The biggest highlight of the renovation is the all-new second level, anchored by the Market Eatery food hall, and the space is quickly becoming the main attraction for visitors, with a large open seating area surrounded by seven food vendors offering Korean and Asian cuisine.
If H Mart is now the Route 70 anchor, Cherry Hill Mall is quietly repositioning in response. Four openings landed in the first weeks of 2026:
Three stores and one restaurant recently opened: Coach, the luxury fashion house known for its handbags; OFFLINE by Aerie, an extension of the Aerie brand that specializes in fitness wear and apparel; POP MART, from the toy company that brought you the Labubu, which has gone from a vending machine to a brick-and-mortar store; and Suki Hana, fast-casual Japanese cuisine, including teriyaki bowls, sushi and hibachi-style fare.
The larger move is on the parking-lot side. Dick's House of Sport is still on target to open sometime this calendar year, according to PREIT, the mall's parent company, and the facility replaces One Cherry Hill, the nine-story office building in the mall's parking lot, which has been demolished. The nine-story office tower coming down for a sporting-goods complex is the kind of land-use trade that tells you where the mall thinks its next decade of foot traffic will come from.
The store itself is not a conventional Dick's. The complex at Cherry Hill Mall will offer a climbing wall, simulated golf bays, and a multi-sport cage to test out equipment for baseball, softball, lacrosse and soccer. It will also have an outdoor field. Alongside it, PREIT announced that activewear retailer lululemon will expand in a more-prominent location in the mall.
The mall is trading a nine-story office building for a climbing wall and an outdoor field. That is not a cosmetic renovation. It is a bet on a different kind of visit.
Two more openings deserve attention because they extend the pattern without depending on either anchor.
Cherry Hill Eatery, on Route 70, has taken over the former Raku space and is opening as a three-concept property under one roof. Cherry Hill Eatery has taken over the space vacated by Raku last year, and there will be three concepts under one roof: The Wok for Chinese specialties, Mala Station for spicy hot pot, and Utepia Tea for bubble/milk tea and dessert. Utepia Tea appears to be an authentic Taiwanese bubble tea and milk tea chain that also serves desserts, with at least one nearby location in New Brunswick.
85°C Bakery Cafe quietly landed at the end of 2025. 85°C Bakery Cafe opened late last year in Cherry Hill, and the restaurant chain, founded in Taiwan, has hundreds of locations worldwide.
Set these next to the H Mart tenant list and the pattern is obvious. Three of the newest additions to the township's food inventory, plus the anchor upstairs at 1720 Route 70, are Taiwanese or pan-Asian concepts arriving within a mile of each other. That is not a coincidence and it is not a mall play. It is a corridor.
The utility of all this depends on how you eat during a normal week. A few observations that only make sense once you overlay the new map onto the old one.
The Route 70 and I-295 corner is now a legitimate reason to leave your own neighborhood on a Tuesday, not just on a weekend grocery run. Between the food hall, Paris Baguette with its own exterior door, and Cherry Hill Eatery a short drive west, you can string together a coffee stop, a dinner, and a dessert without touching the mall or the older Marlton Pike restaurant row.
The mall has shifted from a shopping trip to a longer errand. If Dick's House of Sport opens on schedule this year, an afternoon there could plausibly include a climbing session, a bay of simulated golf, a Suki Hana bowl, and a Paris Baguette stop next door at H Mart on the way home. That is a very different mall visit from the one most Cherry Hill residents have been making for the past decade.
And there is a broader read for anyone who has watched this township for a while. Cherry Hill has always been a food town, but the last few generations of openings leaned suburban and familiar. The 2026 class leans international, owner-operated in several cases, and clustered geographically. It is worth adjusting the mental map accordingly, if only to stop driving past the interesting corner on your way somewhere less interesting.
At Holly Garber, the way a town eats, shops, and gathers is part of how we read its long-term value for the people who live in it. If you own a home in Cherry Hill and are thinking about a future move, a renovation, or simply how the neighborhood around you is changing, we would welcome the conversation.
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