Chick-fil-A Madness Comes To Manhattan

The great and terrible Chick-fil-A has come to Babylon. I’m pretty sure that’s a quote from Ghostbusters, right before the “dogs and cats living together” bit. Yes, the mighty and controversial, but undisputed King of chicken has come at last to New York City, and despite any past enmity, the city is thrilled and the residents are lined up for blocks to get the precious.

Being from the south, Chick-fil-A has long been a passion of mine. If you’re wondering, I order the classic as is. I put a little mayo and mustard on it. I escape to euphoria. And oh, the waffle fries.

Late Friday night, Twitchy rounded up some of the photos from Twitter of this giant leap for Yankee-kind. Here’s a sample:

That one is my favorite. Great picture, and the fact that it is so far ahead of the opening you’d think they were releasing a new iPhone with an insignificant, tiny little change from the previous iPhone.

The location opened at 6am this morning (at the top of this post is a video of some of the first 100 people entering the store). People were tweeting pictures of the line as early as three in the afternoon yesterday. That’s a long, long, but worth it, wait.

Of course, it’s not all rainbows and traditional values. The left would never miss an opportunity to crap all over something, especially if that something is a Christian business.

You see those people lined up? They’re excited to be in the first 100. Because the first 100 people who waited in line for 12 hours are winning free Chick-fil-A for a year, which is slightly better than winning a million dollars. It’s for New Yorkers, because it is a New York City store, and to keep that pure, they are checking zip codes.

Uh oh. Problematic. As Western Journalism reports, that’s enough to make garbage website Jezebel open up their vile valve.

But some have objections. On the website Jezebel.com, commentators objected to spending a night on the sidewalk, the alleged indignity of the process and the fact that the giveaway was targeting groups rather than a cause.

“You need to have a government-issued ID and live within an eligible zip code — which means you need to have a zip code — which plausibly means you can’t win the opportunity to have free food for a year if you’re homeless and involuntarily sleep on the street,” wrote Mallory Scholssberg.

Still, it doesn’t dampen my enthusiasm, nor, it would seem, that of New Yorkers.

1st 100 #nyccfa #eatmorechicken #chikfila #dembreakfastbiscuitstho #cantwaittillbreakfast

A photo posted by Ondre' (@sippboy) on

Rise and shine First 100! #nyccfa

A photo posted by Bekki Poelker (@bekkipoelker) on

Just camped out and won free Chick-Fil-A for a year! #nyccfa #cfafirst100

A photo posted by Inman Porter (@inmanporter) on


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