A new restaurant called Bop Asian Eatery is preparing to open at 29 East Madison Avenue in downtown Cresskill, promising a menu that spans Korean kimbap, Japanese donburi and katsu, handmade dumplings, and soup buns. The spot takes over a storefront previously occupied by Trunk Pop Dinners and Mom's Cooking, and while an exact opening date has not been announced, the business has already lined up at least one institutional customer before its doors officially open.
According to Boozy Burbs, Bop Asian Eatery's menu will also include japchae, chicken wings, wonton soup, fried rice, spicy cucumber salad, and sweet-and-sour pork, with the restaurant working with specialty chefs experienced in the individual cuisines they prepare. The outlet reports that the team is focused on maintaining the traditions, techniques, and flavors behind each dish rather than blending everything into one generic pan-Asian menu. That approach places Bop in a space currently occupied by a 950-square-foot storefront, per commercial listings from Buying in Bergen, situated directly across from Kings Supermarket in Cresskill's central business district.
Before Bop moves in, the space had a notable culinary pedigree. Trunk Pop Dinners, the prior tenant, was founded during the COVID-19 pandemic by cookbook authors and Food Network personalities Marge Perry and David Bonom, according to reporting by Wainscot Media. The business began as a pandemic meal donation and drive-up service in Tenafly before it moved into the Cresskill commercial kitchen in late 2022, operating there until its lease expired in June 2026, the same report notes.
School Lunches Already Locked In
Even without a confirmed public opening date, Bop Asian Eatery has already secured a foothold in local institutional dining. The Old Tappan School District has listed the restaurant as an approved vendor for school lunch deliveries for the 2026–2027 academic year, offering families an online order portal through kbopdeli.com, according to the district's own published vendor records.
Bop's website had previously pointed toward a mid-September opening, per Boozy Burbs, though the business has not announced an exact date since that window passed. The storefront is on Madison Avenue, where Early Bird Coffee is in Store 6, as noted by The Local Girl.
A Market Built for Pan-Asian Dining
Cresskill's demographics help explain why a pan-Asian concept makes sense here. Asian residents make up approximately 29.1% of the town's roughly 9,150 residents, according to 2024 American Community Survey data published by Census Reporter, making them the second-largest racial group behind White residents. Foreign-born residents account for an even larger share of the population: 44.2%, or roughly 4,050 people, were born outside the United States, per an analysis of census figures by Data USA.```
Purchasing power in Cresskill also runs well above state norms. The town's median household income reached $170,376 in 2024, more than one-and-a-half times New Jersey's statewide median of $103,556, per the same Census Reporter data, with less than 3.3% of residents living below the federal poverty line. Those figures track with a broader statewide shift: New Jersey's Asian population grew by 40% between 2010 and 2024, surpassing 1 million residents, according to a 2025 demographic report from the New Jersey Department of Health.
Other Asian Dining News in Bergen County
Bop Asian Eatery's arrival comes as other Asian dining businesses make news in Bergen County. Hoodline reported in August that Korean fried chicken chain Two Box Chicken was scheduled to begin serving customers at 11 a.m. Friday at its third New Jersey location in nearby Ridgefield. More recently, Hoodline also covered a new storefront at 177 Bridge Plaza North in Fort Lee combining ramen and sushi under one roof.
Whether Bop Asian Eatery opens within weeks or further down the line remains unclear, since the business has not announced a firm date. What is already established is its menu ambition and its early institutional reach into local school lunch programs, giving Cresskill families a preview of what's coming before the dining room even opens its doors.
