
BAH!
...I keep reading on other blogs the name of Chick-Fil-A brought up a lot...despite having only heard of the place in the past year (due to the blogs, natch), I had to look it up to see what I was missing (or not missing, it's kinda hit and miss for me when it comes to fast food chains and all). Here's what I found on the World Wide Web's Most Trusted Source Of Knowledge (otherwise known as "Wikipedia"):
Chick-fil-A (pronounced /ˌtʃɪkfɨˈleɪ/) is a restaurant chain headquartered in College Park, Georgia, United States that specializes in chickenentrées.[1][2] It is the second-largest chicken-based fast-food chain in the United States.[3] The chain is associated with the southern United States, but it has in recent years[when?] been expanding further across the nation (see map below). As of July 2006[update], the chain has over 1,300 locations in 37 U.S. states and the District of Columbia. It is distinct among fast-food chains in that all of its stores are closed on Sundays.
...and yes, I kept in the links to the other WIki entries...I suck like that, I know...anyhoo, it was kind of a lengthy entry (can be found here if you're interested in reading the entire thing), but here are some points of interest I've gleaned from the whole ordeal: 1) it was started by a Southern Baptist, and is involved in various Christian and local charities, 2) it's closed on Sundays, which makes it hard for Church goers to patronize the place after a morning of church services (good for them; we Christians tend to be the worst when it comes to treating wait staff on Sundays, I'm ashamed to say), 3) okay, I couldn't think of a third one to stick in there. Needless to say, the place keeps getting mentioned. And like the Spangles restaurant in Kansas that I keep vowing to one day stop in and try, just because, I might have to try out this so-called Chick-Fil-A just to see what the hub-bub is about...
...and according to the restaurant locator at the official website, there's one in Omaha, NE (at 33rd & Dodge Street), so it's very much doable. Problem is, I'm a Popeye's Chicken fanatic through-and-through. Will the Chick-Fil-A dethrone Popeye's as Uncle NecRo's chief supplier of his much-needed (yet infrequent) chicken fixes? Doubtful. Either way, this should be interesting...
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