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Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin

(108,026 posts)
Tue Jun 18, 2019, 07:53 PM Jun 2019

Chick-fil-A Will Open Its First Seattle Location Next Week

Love it or hate it, there’s no denying the popularity of Chick-fil-A. Now, the chicken sandwich chain will bring its line-drawing menu, and its controversies, to Seattle proper when it opens its first franchise in the city on Thursday, June 27, near the intersection of 130th and Aurora in Bitter Lake.

Chick-fil-A currently operates several other area locations, but none technically within city limits. The restaurant’s other openings have drawn long lines and traffic congestion. Customers even camped out overnight ahead of an opening in Federal Way. Given that history, the scene at the new restaurant (12801 Aurora Ave N) will likely be similarly insane.

It’s all proof that Chick-fil-A remains red-hot, even in the liberal bastion of Cascadia, despite president Dan Cathy’s history of anti-gay bigotry and the company’s millions in donations to groups that oppose same-sex marriage and practice gay conversion therapy. Cathy was quoted saying he and his company support “the biblical definition of the family unit,” and for a while the business was giving money to causes that opposed same-sex marriage. Cathy backed down from these sentiments when a media shitstorm descended upon him. Eater critic Ryan Sutton wrote that the chain — whose corporate purpose is to “glorify God” — serves “a pretty average chicken sandwich” with a side of unpalatable baggage.

https://www.msn.com/en-us/foodanddrink/foodnews/chick-fil-a-will-open-its-first-seattle-location-next-week/ar-AAD4t36

This should prove interesting. I've never tried their food. Not sure what the hype is about.

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Chick-fil-A Will Open Its First Seattle Location Next Week (Original Post) Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin Jun 2019 OP
"Chick-fil-A Will Open Its First Seattle Location Next Week" mitch96 Jun 2019 #1
Boycott! BigmanPigman Jun 2019 #2
A piece of breaded chicken breast, nocoincidences Jun 2019 #3
Get the deluxe customerserviceguy Jun 2019 #7
it's not really that good... TalenaGor Jun 2019 #4
You aren't supposed to open a joke with the punchline. CaptYossarian Jun 2019 #5
My cousin uses a copycat recipe and it's even better. Blue_playwright Jun 2019 #6

nocoincidences

(2,220 posts)
3. A piece of breaded chicken breast,
Tue Jun 18, 2019, 08:04 PM
Jun 2019

on a bun, with a pickle. Isn't that exciting? Doesn't it make you want to come back again and again?

I have never understood why people find that sandwich so enticing. I have had them, usually when I was desperate, and you can get a better chicken sandwich just about everywhere.

When I think about boycotting them, I realize I already am, because their food is disgusting.

If you haven't eaten there, don't bother.

customerserviceguy

(25,183 posts)
7. Get the deluxe
Tue Jun 18, 2019, 11:36 PM
Jun 2019

it has cheese, lettuce, and a tomato slice. And I like their sandwich. Pete Buttigieg agrees with me:

https://www.cnn.com/2019/03/26/politics/buttigieg-chick-fil-a/index.html

Dan Cathy is dead, equal marriage is the law of the land. We won, he lost.

TalenaGor

(1,104 posts)
4. it's not really that good...
Tue Jun 18, 2019, 08:12 PM
Jun 2019

Wilted waffle fries....nothing special chicken....

And let's be real...every fast food place has huge lines when it first opens....it's no indication....

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