The first ever Chick-fil-A location, which opened within the meals court docket within the Greenbriar Mall in Atlanta on Nov. 24, 1967, may have its final day of operation Saturday.

While Chick-fil-A founder S. Truett Cathy bought his begin as a restaurateur in 1946, the hen sandwich he grew to become recognized for wasn’t invented till 1964, with the Chick-fil-A model and restaurant debuting within the mall in 1967.

All Chick-fil-A areas have been inside mall meals courts till 1986 when the primary standalone location opened in North Druid Hills, Georgia.

The Twitter account Everything Georgia seen an indication on the location asserting the closing on Monday. The Facebook web page for the situation already has the designation “permanently closed,” though the web page has not posted any updates from its proprietors.

Despite the approaching closure, the meals court docket fixture remains to be drawing prospects, who're bewildered by the as-yet-unexplained shuttering.

“This is supposed to be the first one, right? I’m trying to understand why they’re closing. They’re never slow. I don’t understand,” a buyer recognized solely as Courtland instructed the Atlanta Journal-Constitution.

In 2007, the corporate positioned a celebratory plaque on the location, celebrating 40 years of enterprise.

The Greenbriar Mall, nonetheless, has fallen on exhausting occasions. Its largest tenant, Macy’s, closed in 2021, and it nonetheless has no anchor tenants.

The closing of the Chick-fil-A might be the herald of the top of the area.

“You have to wonder how Greenbriar continues to attract enough customers to sustain a legitimate means of survival. It’s not like Chick-fil-A was keeping the lights on, but they’re certainly going to be even dimmer at Greenbriar with this unique landmark going away,” Atlanta meals author Mike Jordan instructed Eater.

Content Source: www.washingtontimes.com