A new takeout shop has set up on Westville's main drag, slinging everything from spicy chicken sandwiches to banana pudding cups. Yum Yummz, co-owned by Ebony and Elijah Bush, opened its doors in downtown Westville at 189 Broadway, wedged right between Borough Hall and Westville Brewery.
As reported by 42 Freeway, the Bushes describe their new venture as a one-stop snack shop, preparing fresh food and baking items on-site. The takeout-only operation covers a lot of ground on its menu, from crispy chicken, spicy chicken, chicken parmesan, chicken caesar salad, and tuna club sandwiches to BLTs, sausage sandwiches, and meatball subs served with marinara sauce. There are also rotating weekly soups, including chili and homemade chicken noodle, according to the same report.
Loaded Bowls, Nachos, and a Dozen Cookie Recipes
Beyond sandwiches, Yum Yummz has built out a menu of shareable comfort food. Customers can order loaded nachos with a choice of beef or chicken and four different chip options, or dig into loaded mac and cheese bowls topped cheeseburger-, barbecue chicken-, buffalo chicken-, or ranch-style, per the outlet's report.
On the sweeter side, the shop offers lemonades, water ice, ice cream cups, and banana splits, along with pudding cups in six varieties, including strawberry crunch, biscoff butter, and banana pudding. The bakery side of the business turns out cookies based on more than a dozen recipes, plus mini cake loaves, hot and iced coffee, and hot chocolate, the report notes. Yum Yummz is closed Mondays and Tuesdays, open Wednesday, Thursday, and Sunday from 10 a.m. to 6 p.m., and stays open later on Fridays and Saturdays until 8 p.m. Delivery is available through DoorDash and Grubhub, and the shop maintains both a website and an Instagram presence.
A Historic Building Reborn on Broadway
The building housing Yum Yummz has its own story. The 3,540-square-foot mixed-use structure at 189 Broadway was constructed in 1928 and includes two commercial storefronts alongside three residential apartments, according to a Zillow listing that had it on the market in August 2026 for $525,000. The property sits in Westville's Commercial C3 zoning district, a designation that permits retail establishments, restaurants, cafes, and personal service businesses without requiring special variances, per Joe Wiessner Realty.
That zoning flexibility has helped turn the block into something of a food and drink cluster. Next door at 201 Broadway, Westville Brewery has operated since 2018 inside a historic former firehouse and has been family-owned by Louetta Rossi since July 2022, according to DowntownWestville.com. The same stretch of Broadway also picked up a permanent kitchen for Big Swerve's BBQ behind the brewery, as reported by the Philadelphia Inquirer.
Part of a Broader Downtown Push
Yum Yummz's arrival fits into a wider pattern of commercial growth along Westville's Broadway corridor. In his annual municipal address, Mayor Fritz H. Sims Jr. reported that the borough welcomed three new commercial businesses to downtown Broadway in 2025 — Jobbi's Juicy Fruits, In & Out Décor Doors, and JHarte Associates — as part of an ongoing redevelopment initiative, according to the Borough of Westville. That push traces back to the borough's own Master Plan, which designates South Broadway as an active redevelopment area under the New Jersey State Development and Redevelopment Plan.
The growth hasn't come without growing pains. Westville's Borough Council formally discussed managing short-term 15-minute parking allocations along Broadway in June 2025, aiming to accommodate quick-service and takeout customers without straining the limited downtown parking supply.
Westville, nicknamed “The Gateway to South Jersey,” was incorporated as an independent borough on April 7, 1914, after separating from Deptford and West Deptford Townships. The borough counted 4,264 residents across its 1.02 square miles of land in northwestern Gloucester County as of 2020 U.S. Census data, with a median household income of $70,639 as of 2024, according to Data USA. For now, the newest addition to that mix is a takeout counter serving loaded nachos and banana pudding between Borough Hall and a neighborhood brewery.
