Korean BBQ To Replace Olive Garden Near Willow Grove Mall

EASTERN MONTGOMERY COUNTY, PA —The Olive Garden's longtime location in Abington Township near the Willow Grove Park Mall has closed and a new restaurant will replace it.

A Top Pot & Korean BBQ will take over the space and signs are posted for the eatery around the property.

The franchise has a location in Delran, N.J., and two in Ohio. It offers all-you-can-eat, grill-at-your-table Korean barbecue, and Chinese-style hot pot.

Olive Garden —known for its pasta dishes, breadsticks, and salads —has changed locations, moving to a new site on Route 611 near the entrance to the Pennsylvania Turnpike in Upper Moreland Township, just over the Horsham Township border.

The building at 2402 Easton Rd. is six miles from the closed location at 2328 W. Moreland Rd. It's filling space where the former Brick House Tavern & Tap operated.

In 2022, Upper Moreland Township approved the redevelopment of the Easton Road property.

The Olive Garden has another nearby Montgomery County location in North Wales.

Olive Garden is the leading restaurant in the Italian dining segment with nearly 900 restaurants, more than 99,000 employees, and more than $4.9 billion in annual sales, information on its website states.

Olive Garden is a division of Darden Restaurants, Inc., which owns and operates more than 1,900 restaurants that generate more than $10.5 billion in annual sales.

Headquartered in Orlando, FL, and employing more than 190,000 people, Darden is recognized for a culture that rewards caring for and responding to people. Olive Garden restaurants have donated more than 49 million pounds of food to local community food banks across the country.