Metro Atlanta's newest Chick-fil-A opens this week near Ponce City Market. The new Chick-fil-A restaurant is located at the intersection of Ponce de Leon and Boulevard and will open on Thursday, June 15. Chick-fil-A, Inc. selected Jamerian Myles, an existing Chick-fil-A Operator, as the independent franchised Owner/Operator of Chick-fil-A Ponce & Boulevard. The new restaurant joins more than 180 other Chick-fil-A restaurants serving "the wider Atlanta market."
Myles will continue to serve as Operator at Chick-fil-A Glenwood Place and in doing so, joins a small but growing number of Chick-fil-A Owner/Operators entrusted with multiple restaurants.
“We feel really blessed to have the chance to create new opportunities for people in Atlanta, especially in such a central location as our restaurant,” said Myles. The new restaurant will bring about 115 full and part-time jobs to the community. “We are so passionate about helping young people grow, and I cannot wait to serve as a mentor to those people. I am excited to be providing jobs—and a place where everyone can come and share a meal together—to our community.”
Rather than host the company's traditional "First 100" opening event whereby patrons camp out at the restaurant 24 hours before opening to receive a digital card good for 52 #1 combo meals, the new restaurant will continue a COVID-era pivot to an altered version of the event. To celebrate the opening, "100 local heroes" (people who are making an impact in our local communities) were awarded "free Chick-fil-A entrées for a year." A Chick-fil-A Inc. spokesperson indicates that the shift away from the traditional First 100 opening is still only temporary.
The new Chick-fil-A replaced an Texaco gas station and convenience store and is one of two restaurants the Atlanta-based company has planned for Ponce de Leon. Interestingly, the restaurant's location is listed as 689 Boulevard AND 513 Ponce De Leon Avenue. Less than a mile away, at 777 Ponce, another new Chick-fil-A is slated to replace Dugan's, which is "moving" to Northlake [Mall] in Tucker. The 777 Ponce Chick-fil-A will not have a drive-thru and will instead be oriented towards pickup, takeout and delivery.
Chick-fil-A, whose main corporate headquarters is located on Buffington Road in southwest Atlanta, operates a satellite office at 725 Ponce, a glassy high-rise located between the two Ponce restaurants.
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