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Chick-Fil-A Opens Manhattan Outpost on Saturday in Northern Push

  • Restaurant in garment district will be chain's largest in U.S.
  • Crowded market includes new items from Shake Shack, McDonald's

An original chicken sandwich and waffle fries in Bowling Green, Kentucky.

Photographer: Luke Sharrett/Bloomberg
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Chick-fil-A, the Southern chicken-sandwich chain that has drawn both controversy and copycats over the years, has finally arrived in New York.

The company will open a 5,000-square-foot (465-square-meter), three-level restaurant in Manhattan’s Garment District on Saturday that will be the chain’s largest location in the nation. Chick-fil-A has operated a restaurant with a limited menu at New York University since 2004, but it took years to find a space for a proper expansion into the city, said David Farmer, vice president of product strategy.