After operating for almost 55 years in the same spot, the first-ever Chick-fil-A location is set to close its doors in Atlanta for the final time this Saturday, local reports say.
According to the location’s Facebook page, the site inside the Greenbriar Mall food court is permanently closed, but the company has not yet shared why.
On the Chick-fil-A website, the location is touted as the company’s “groundbreaking” restaurant and as a “pioneer in the modern-day food court,” which has had a “monumental impact” on the company, which now operates more than 2,600 locations.
Several news outlets have reached out to Chick-fil-A for comment on the closure, but the company has yet to respond.
When the location first opened, the menu included the iconic chicken sandwich, then priced at 59 cents, a salad with a boneless chicken breast, fries, coleslaw, lemon pie, and lemonade. The menu has now grown to more than 50 items.
The spot was honored in 2007 when a plaque was installed honoring its 40th anniversary.
“From this location, Chick-fil-A has grown to become one of the largest privately owned restaurant chains in the nation,” the plaque says.
The business was started in malls, operating food court locations only for its first 20 years before making the jump to its first free-standing location in an Atlanta suburb in 1986.
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