Posted on 05/19/2023 7:49:36 AM PDT by dynachrome
Chick-fil-A's oldest restaurant, which opened in an Atlanta mall 56 years ago, is closing.
The restaurant, located in the food court of Greenbriar Mall to the southwest of the city, is set to shut for good at 4 p.m. on Saturday, The Atlanta Journal-Constitution reported. Printed-out signs posted at the location don't give reasons for the closure.
Chick-fil-A founder S. Truett Cathy opened the restaurant in 1967 in what was one of the first indoor malls in the Southeast. He'd previously set up a diner in Atlanta called The Dwarf Grill, later renamed The Dwarf House, with his brother Ben.
"At the time, the concept of a shopping mall restaurant was groundbreaking," Chick-fil-A says in a history of the Greenbriar Mall store, describing it as a "pioneer in the modern-day food court."
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I can guess....
Yep
Amish infestation.
The CEO should open a shoe shine shop there. Havent eaten their crap since he groveled on that black talk show.
I can well remember eating and enjoying my first Chick-fil-A sandwiches at the Windsor Park Mall in San Antonio.
Back in the late 70’s.
I suspect the reason why this Chick-fil-A in Georgia is closing is because no one goes to malls anymore. Especially malls that old.
If it’s in a Shopping Mall, that is most like the main reason for closure; less foot traffic due to less Mall shoppers.
Less Mall shoppers due to more gang activity + more unprosecuted shoplifters + unsafe parking lots + people ordering their snacks online, for conveniance and to avoid some of the rubble of society.
Chic- will continue to thrive. They’re nationally known now.
I remember malls.
I think the key word there is “mall”. Malls everywhere are failing, and for many reasons. Amazon, etc.
Ah, but add the word “Atlanta” to the word “mall”, and you’ve got some serious synergy going on there.
There are two kinds of malls:
The malls the white people go to.
The malls the white people used to go to.
-Chris Rock
Malls are dying all across the country, some faster than others.
We lost Sears, JC Penney’s, Zales, Victoria’s Secret, RadioShack, American Eagle, Dillards, McRae’s, Kirkland’s, Hallmark, Gamestop, 5-7-9 Shop, and all the restaurants.
And is nearly deserted, and there are plans to tear it down and build condos...................
I read a reply that says there’s nothing but barbed wire now around the area. Not a safe place.
That was not the “first” location.
some faster than others - the ones on the bus line.
Ours used to be difficult to find a parking spot.
Now it’s a storage lot for a local car dealership............................
We had one in the 70’s at Forum 303 Mall in Arlington, TX. There was a Forum 6 cinema right there (that had lines and SOLD OUT!s and HELD OVER!s) and an arcade. I never understood what the name meant and never ate there. Decades later I had one on my courier route and got hooked.
As I recall they kept the good ones behind the counter.
When you have a shooting at a mall, that's my sign to never ever go to that mall.
Ours never had one..........
> Atlanta mall
Right there’s the problem.
Can you walk to the mall?
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