Site plan for Mission BBQ's Arvada location. Credit: Courtesy City of Arvada.

A new barbecue restaurant will move into a prominent building just outside of Olde Town Arvada, as national chain Mission BBQ takes the old Ruby Tuesday location at 5525 Wadsworth Bypass.

Construction for the new restaurant is underway, and a representative for Mission BBQ said the projected opening was “sometime in July,” though he could not give specifics before press time.

The project documents, approved by the City of Arvada, show that the renovation will include building a new façade and completing interior renovations for the 5,200-square-foot restaurant.

Mission BBQ operates in 21 states and has one location in Colorado Springs. The business’ first location opened in 2011 in Glen Burnie, Maryland.

Ruby Tuesday, another national chain, struggled to survive the COVID-19 pandemic, closing 185 restaurants nationwide and declaring bankruptcy in 2020. There are two Ruby Tuesdays left in Colorado; one in Denver and one in Pueblo.

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