When Big Barlow’s BBQ closed its doors in Barnegat Township in late August due to staff shortages and escalating meat prices, owner Chris Barlow vowed it was “not a goodbye, just a new beginning.” He has kept that promise, as the business will now be operating out of a bayfront area off Bryant Road in Waretown.

The opening day was Saturday, Sept. 25, as Barlow served up batches of his special brisket pork, breakfast wraps and smash burgers, which are formed into balls of ground beef, then…