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Chick-fil-A debuts second Manhattan restaurant

hick-fil-A has increased its New York City footprint with the opening of a second location in the heart of Midtown.

April 6, 2016

Five months after opening its largest restaurant in the country in Manhattan, Chick-fil-A has increased its New York City footprint with the opening of a second location in the heart of Midtown at West 46th Street and 6th Avenue. The restaurant is engineered to serve customers on-the-go, with an service design geared to get customers in and out in 6 to 8 minutes in a space that is 23 feet wide, according to a company press release.

It offers a full menu featuring several new items and has an expedited ordering process for guests, during which restaurant team members use tablets to take customer orders in line so meals are ready once guests reach the counter.

The restaurant is owned and operated by Chick-fil-A franchise owner Al Puglisi and opened at 6:30 a.m. on April 2 with the help of 230 new team members. In the days leading up to the opening, Puglisi and his team surprised unsuspecting New Yorkers at pop-ups around Midtown, giving out free Chick-fil-A to thousands of New Yorkers and surprising 100 participants with free Chick-fil-A for a year. The pop-ups were a twist on Chick-fil-A's well-known First 100 campout, which has given away nearly $25 million in free food to its First 100 patrons over the past 12 years.

The restaurant has partnered with regional farmers and suppliers to source regionally grown ingredients for its handmade menu items. The majority of fresh produce for Chick-fil-A's salads will be grown on farms in New York and New Jersey, and will be delivered five to six times per week. The restaurant's bread will be delivered daily from Automatic Rolls of New Jersey, and all of the restaurant's flatbread will be made and delivered by Brooklyn-based Damascus Bakery.

The restaurant is also partnering with New York Common Pantry — a local organization committed to reducing hunger in New York — to eliminate food waste by donating surplus food multiple times per week. Chick-fil-A began working with New York Common Pantry prior to the opening of Chick-fil-A at 37th and 6th and has donated more than 1,500 pounds of food since October 2015.

Chick-fil-A at 46th and 6th will be open from 6:30 a.m. to midnight Monday through Saturday, serving a full breakfast menu until 10:30 a.m. Like all Chick-fil-A restaurants, it will be closed on Sunday.

Chick-fil-A at 46th and 6th is the second Chick-fil-A restaurant to open in Manhattan, with plans to open several other locations in Manhattan and the surrounding boroughs in the next two years. Chick-fil-A has one restaurant location in Port Jefferson in Long Island, and will open in the Long Island communities of Hicksville and Commack later this year.