Hard Rock Cafe will open a restaurant inside the 3-million-square-foot American Dream mall in the Meadowlands.

A spokeswoman for the brand declined to say during which phase the restaurant would debut. American Dream is scheduled to open initially on Oct. 25, but some tenants will not welcome guests until late this year or early next year, its developer, Triple Five, has said.

The last time Hard Rock and the Meadowlands were in the same sentence was back in 2016 when Hard Rock International was trying to build a $1 billion hotel and casino at the Meadowlands Racetrack. The plan was foiled when voters overwhelmingly rejected a ballot question to allow two casinos in North Jersey -- at the Meadowlands and in Jersey City.

But this won’t be the first Hard Rock Cafe in the Garden State. Hard Rock has had a cafe in Atlantic City for more than 20 years. It also opened up a hotel and casino last summer in Atlantic City after renovating and rebranding the former Taj Mahal.

The Hard Rock Cafe at American Dream will have a view of the Big SNOW America ski slope, according to Hugh Reynolds, vice president of marketing and sales for SNOW Operating, which will lease the indoor ski park at American Dream.

A spokeswoman for Hard Rock said they aren’t ready to share details yet about the restaurant at American Dream.

The first Hard Rock Cafe opened in London in 1971 when two ex-patriots who craved a good American burger opened a diner in an old Rolls Royce Dealership. Nearly 50 years later, Hard Rock operates more than 180 cafes in 75 countries, 24 hotels and 11 casinos.

Hard Rock joins a roster of more than 100 restaurants slated to open at American Dream. Among them are roughly two dozen full service eateries, a Coca-Cola branded food court and three food halls.

American Dream, developed by Triple Five, will be 55 percent entertainment and 45 percent retail. It will have more than 450 retail, food and specialty shops and more than 15 entertainment venues including indoor water and amusement parks, an aquarium, a live performing arts theater and an NHL regulation-sized ice rink. It’s located along Route 3 and the New Jersey Turnpike in East Rutherford.

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