NYC in October……
Atlanta-based Chick-fil-A Inc. reports that Saturday, October 3rd is the grand opening date and Oscar Fittipaldi is the local franchise owner of its first freestanding restaurant in New York City. The restaurant is located at the corner of West 37th St. and 6th Ave. in the city’s Garment District in Lower Manhattan. Currently under construction, the three level 5000 square foot unit will be the chain’s largest in the country. Though this will be the company’s first freestanding restaurant in New York City, it has operated a small licensed unit with limited access and menu items in New York University’s food court since 2004. Fittipaldi has been a Chick-fil-A franchise owner-operator since 2010 when he opened the Chick-fil-A in Philadelphia. He and his family are relocating to the New York area to open the restaurant and will be involved in all day-to-day operations. Chick-fil-A is a family owned and privately held restaurant franchise known for its original signature items including its hand-breaded, boneless chicken breast sandwich, Waffle Potato Fries and hand-spun milkshakes. The New York restaurant will use premium ingredients and make many of its menu items from scratch in the restaurant each day, including hand-rolled biscuits, hand-chopped salads and fresh-squeezed lemonade. The company will partner with regional farmers and suppliers to source locally grown ingredients for its fresh, handmade menu items. The Chick-fil-A restaurants serve freshly prepared food in more than 1900 restaurants in 41 states and Washington, D.C.
CATEGORY: Quick Service
Chain Name: Chick-fil-A
Company Name: Chick-fil-A Inc.
Street Address: 5200 Buffington Rd., Atlanta, Georgia 30349-2998
Tel: 404/765-8038 Fax:
Email: Website: www.chick-fil-a.com
Menu Specialty: Chicken sandwiches, wraps, salads, trays and sides.
Introduced: Truett Cathy founded Chick-fil-A Inc in the early 1960s and opened to first Chick-fil-A restaurant in a suburban Atlanta mall in 1967.
No. of Locations: Over 1900 locations in 41 states and Washington DC
Areas of Operation: National
Types of Location: Mall food courts and in-line, stand alone, drive-thru-only units and non-traditional locations in airports, universities, hospitals, etc.
BusinessType (corp., franchise, jv): Franchise and licensed
Size Req’d: Mall units vary in size, stand alone units are approximately 4200 sq.ft. on 1.25 acres.
Special Requirements (patio, drive-thru, etc):
Contact Name: S. Truett Cathy - Founder and Chairman Emeritus
Dan T. Cathy - Chairman, President, CEO
Donald M. ‘Bubba’ Cathy - Exec Vice President and Dwarf House President
James ‘Buck’ McCabe - Exec Vice President, Finance, CFO
Steve Robinson - Exec Vice President, Chief Marketing Officer
Timothy Tassopoulos - Executive Vice President, Operation
Jon Bridges - Vice President, Customer Experience
Andrew Cathy - Vice President, People
Lynn Chastain - Vice President, General Counsel
Brent Ragsdale - Vice President, Chief Accounting Officer
Cliff Robinson - Vice President, Field Operations
Erwin C. Reid – Vice President, Real Estate (erwin.reid@chick-fil-a.com)
Carrie Kurlander – Vice President, Public Relations
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Related Chains: Dwarf House, Truett’s Grill, Truett’s Luau
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