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Chick-fil-A is finally opening its first location in a major city! After years of anticipation, the beloved fast-food chain is finally making its way to the city. This is great news for fans of the restaurant, who have been waiting for years to get their hands on the delicious chicken sandwiches, waffle fries, and other menu items. With the opening of this location, Chick-fil-A is sure to become a popular spot for locals and visitors alike. So if you’re in the area, be sure to check out the new Chick-fil-A and get your fill of the delicious food!
Chick-fil-A Is Finally Opening Its First Location In This Major City
Chick-fil-A fans, rejoice! The beloved fast-food chain is finally opening its first location in a major city. After years of anticipation, the restaurant is finally coming to New York City. The first location will be located in the Financial District, and it’s set to open in the fall of 2019.
The restaurant will be located at 144 Fulton Street, and it will be the first Chick-fil-A in the city. The restaurant will be open seven days a week, and it will offer the same menu items that are available at other Chick-fil-A locations. The restaurant will also offer delivery and catering services.
The opening of the restaurant is a major milestone for the chain, which has been expanding its presence in the United States. The chain has been steadily growing in popularity, and it has become one of the most popular fast-food chains in the country. The chain is known for its delicious chicken sandwiches, waffle fries, and milkshakes.
The opening of the restaurant is sure to be a hit with New Yorkers, who have been eagerly awaiting the arrival of the chain. The restaurant is sure to be a popular spot for locals and tourists alike. So if you’re in the Financial District, be sure to check out the new Chick-fil-A location when it opens this fall.
America’s favorite fast-food chain may still be unwelcome in some parts of the country, but that list no longer includes Boston. After an unsuccessful attempt to expand into the New England metropolis in 2012, Chick-fil-A will finally be opening its first location there this winter.
The new restaurant will be opening its doors in the buzzing commercial area of Copley Square in Boston’s Back Bay neighborhood. According to Boston.com, the chain has confirmed that the opening will take place in the following winter months.
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“It’s our pleasure to confirm we will be opening a Chick-fil-A restaurant in Boston at 569 Boylston St. this winter,” the company said. “We look forward to joining the community and to serving all of our guests delicious food in an environment of genuine hospitality.”
But getting to this point hasn’t been a straight shot for the chicken chain. While Massachusetts is currently home to more than a dozen Chick-fil-A restaurants, Boston has been a holdout for years. In 2012, when the chain announced it was looking at a potential location on the Freedom Trail, it experienced swift backlash from none other than the late mayor Thomas Menino. Menino expressed in no uncertain terms he didn’t want a company that openly stood against gay marriage to set up shop in his city.
“I was angry to learn on the heels of your prejudiced statements about your search for a site to locate in Boston,” he wrote in an open letter to Chick-fil-A’s then-president Dan Cathy. “There is no place for discrimination on Boston’s Freedom Trail and no place for your company alongside it.”
Cathy had confirmed to the Baptist Press just a few months prior that his company was, indeed, “guilty as charged” for supporting anti-gay marriage efforts. The support came in the form of corporate Chick-fil-A donations to anti-LGBTQ organizations.
However, Menino later clarified that, besides the bullying tactics, there wasn’t much he could do to stop the chain from opening a Boston location.
“Originally, I said I would do everything I can to stop them,” he said in a 2012 interview at City Hall. “And that was mostly using the bully pulpit of being mayor of the city and getting public support. But I didn’t say I would not allow them to go for permits or anything like that. I just said we would do everything we can, bully pulpit-wise.”
A lot has changed since then: Dan Cathy was succeeded as CEO by his son Andrew, and the company had renounced Cathy’s homophobic statements. And the people of Boston may have had a change of heart as well: according to a 2020 Boston.com poll, Chick-fil-A is one of their favorite national fast-food chains.
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