Wing Bowl Legend to Attend Tony Luke's Grand-Opening Bash

While the Sicklerville restaurant has been open for more than eight months now, Tony Luke's has planned a grand-opening bash worth attending on Saturday, June 9.

Tony Luke Jr. has called on legendary South Jersey competitive eater Bill "El Wingador" Simmons and the Fancy Bridgade Mummers to help celebrate the Sicklerville version of the famous South Philadelphia eatery.

In place of the traditional ribbon-cutting ceremony, Tony Luke’s will feature a 20-foot cheesesteak-cutting ceremony to kick off the grand-opening celebration at noon.

A $500 prize will also be awarded to the winner of the Tony Luke's Challenge, which will call for competitors to eat a cheesesteak, chicken cheesesteak, roast pork sandwich, chicken cutlet and three Pazottis.

All the while, attendees will be treated to Mummers music and performances by Grammy-winning singer and songwriter Skip Denenberg and Grammy-nominated percussionist Edgardo Cintron, of Latin pop orchestra The Cintron Band.

Simmons, who will co-host the event along with the restaurant's owner and namesake, is a five-time WIP Wing Bowl champion.

Tony Luke's Sicklerville opened in early September in The Crossings at Twin Oaks shopping plaza, on Berlin-Cross Keys Road near the Gloucester Township-Washington Township border.