Chick-fil-A opens first Brampton location

One of the most talked-about fast-food chicken restaurants is now open in Brampton.

The U.S.-based Chick-fil-A is welcoming customers for the first time today (Nov. 13) at the 410 Steeles Business and Retail Centre located at Steeles Avenue East and Kennedy Road.

“We are now open,” operators announced on social media today. “We’re excited to be a part of the community, and we look forward to serving guests delicious food prepared with high-quality ingredients, served with our signature hospitality.”

Chick-fil-A has moved into a new building in the southwest corner of the site.

Each Chick-fil-A restaurant is individually owned and operated, and the Brampton location will be run by Radhika Saigal.

Tracing its history as far back as 1946 when founder S. Truett Cathy opened his first restaurant in a suburb of Atlanta, Georgia, Chick-fil-A has grown into a global enterprise with over 3,000 restaurants. When it arrived in Toronto in 2019, it was greeted by steady line-ups of eager customers anxious to sample the menu. It has since opened 16 other Ontario locations, including two in Mississauga and one in Burlington.

And when it comes to the menu, it’s all about the chicken.

Unlike other fast-food chains, Chick-fil-A focuses on chicken — particularly sandwiches — although chicken strips and nuggets are also on the menu, along with a few side items.

“That’s what we specialize in, and that’s why we think it is the best,” the late Cathy once said when talking about the concept for his business.

Cathy also staked his claim as the inventor of the chicken sandwich. While some may dispute that, he has been credited for making the chicken sandwich a restaurant staple.

Famously, although operating during traditional restaurant hours, Chick-fil-A is closed on Sundays, adhering to Cathy’s fundamentalist Christian traditions.