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closeupready

(29,503 posts) Tue Mar 22, 2016, 02:32 PM Mar 2016

One more reason not to go out for lunch in Midtown:

Chick-fil-A, Round 2

Chick-fil-A is moving forward on plans to open its second Manhattan location near West 46th Street and Sixth Avenue on April 2.

The fast-food chain said that further details about “speed-of-service innovation, local food sourcing [and] food waste prevention efforts” will be announced closer to that time.

Chick-fil-A is also promising the new location will be held to the highest food-safety standards. The chain garnered attention last year when it voluntarily shut down its first full-scale Manhattan location for a brief period after a city inspector found food-safety violations.

That location now has a posted “C” rating, a rarity among New York restaurants, but the chain said it is continuing to address the issue with new monitoring systems and other measures.

http://www.wsj.com/articles/the-feed-american-cut-to-open-in-midtown-1458072846

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One more reason not to go out for lunch in Midtown: (Original Post) closeupready Mar 2016 OP

I never understood all the chain restaurants in Manhattan FLPanhandle Mar 2016 #1

The explanation for that is the cost of real estate - closeupready Mar 2016 #2

Tourists and people in a hurry prefer the familiar, and there's a price point issue, as well. MADem Mar 2016 #5

So they'll take over Toys R Us? Berniemagic Mar 2016 #3

No, not sure what's going in there, but Chick-Fil-A is across from Citibank closeupready Mar 2016 #6

Chick-Fil-A is bland, overpriced chicken that you can't even buy on Sundays. Tommy_Carcetti Mar 2016 #4

FLPanhandle

(7,107 posts)

1. I never understood all the chain restaurants in Manhattan

Reply to closeupready (Original post)

Tue Mar 22, 2016, 02:33 PM

Mar 2016

When there is a plethora of great places to eat there, why would anyone choose a crappy chain restaurant?

closeupready

(29,503 posts)

2. The explanation for that is the cost of real estate -

Reply to FLPanhandle (Reply #1)

Tue Mar 22, 2016, 02:37 PM

Mar 2016

Fancy places can afford it, and the big burger chains can, too - I'm not sure how a franchise agreement is structured, but I presume corporate headquarters absorbs the cost of renting/leasing...? So that all you have in Midtown is $$$$ and burger chains.

MADem

(135,425 posts)

5. Tourists and people in a hurry prefer the familiar, and there's a price point issue, as well.

Reply to FLPanhandle (Reply #1)

Tue Mar 22, 2016, 03:27 PM

Mar 2016

You've got to know what's good and affordable to go to places that are good and affordable.

Chain restaurants are quick and convenient. And cheap. If you have a half hour for lunch, them's the place.

I'll bet that CFA will do well--their chicken is like crack with that buttermilk pickle thing they have going on.