Posted on 03/30/2018 8:21:51 AM PDT by ptsal
**snip** Congratulations to Luke Cook
This week, the first Chick-fil-A restaurant in Lower Manhattan will open in the heart of the Financial District. The franchisee-owned restaurant, located at 144 Fulton Street next to Fulton Center Station, was designed to serve the downtown community and a variety of guests’ needs. With five levels, innovative ordering technology, seating for 140 guests and an open-air rooftop dining experience, the restaurant was built to serve guests stopping in for a quick meal, those looking for a place to sit and work, parents and caretakers dining with children, and guests hoping to enjoy a leisurely lunch outside.
The restaurant will be locally owned and operated by downtown resident Luke Cook and will employ more than 150 team members. Chick-fil-A Fulton Street will officially open on Thursday, March 29 at 6:30 a.m.
Chick-fil-A Fulton Street was built to accommodate groups of all sizes. At more than 12,000 square feet, Chick-fil-A Fulton Street will span five levels with floor-to-ceiling windows allowing for natural light throughout the entire space. The restaurant features two kitchens, including a basement-level kitchen for cold food prep, three levels of dining for 140 guests, a semi-private group meeting and dining space, and a rooftop terrace. To connect each level, a staircase will extend from the fourth level to the ground floor, accentuated by a skylight.
The restaurant will also offer mobile and in-store technology designed to serve customers quickly and efficiently. Utilizing the company’s proprietary “upstream ordering” technology, team members will take orders on tablets as soon as guests walk through the doors, ensuring a shorter queue time. Guests can also order and pay in advance (while also skipping the line) using the Chick-fil-A One™ mobile app. The restaurant will also offer group catering deliveries and off-site pop-ups.
https://twitchy.com/gregp-3534/2018/03/30/in-2016-bill-de-blasio-called-for-a-boycott-of-chick-fil-a-chick-fil-a-just-opened-its-largest-restaurant-ever-in-nyc/
Congrats to them!
de Blasio calling for a boycott? That might set off a buycott since I doubt the financial district is one of the greater areas of de Blasio admirers and supporters. Should be interesting.
Welcome to NYC, big, heavy, awkward benches and tables on an inaccessible rooftop need to be bolted to the concrete.
Obviously, Chick-fil-A will fall because they’re homophobic.
/sarc
Two years ago I walked past the Midtown Manhattan Chick fil A corner store and it was crowded and past the lunch hour.
My youngest kid works at Chick-Fil-A. He loves the job and they treat their employees great.
Last week, they asked him to come in between classes to change the signboard out front. He got paid several hours plus they gave him a gift card to a local restaurant for above and beyond.
In my experience, the Midtown Manhattan Chik-Fil-A locations are always crowded with long lines.
This new location in Downtown is much larger with a lot more seating. It is located near the World Trade Center (you can see the new tower in some of the photos) and will be available to serve tourists visiting there, as well as New Yorkers working in the financial district.
Also noted it will be open Monday through Saturday, maintaining the tradition of closing on Sundays. Hope they are successful - I intend to visit!
There’s another reason not to live in Manhattan. What sort of mindset goes in to dine with fast food?
Not everyone in Manhattan is a Hampton’s hedgefunder.
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