By Max Rosenberg
Chik-Fil-A opens today [Thursday] at 2pm!
Met the owner, Travis and he said today at 2pm the store reopens if things go as planned.
Chick-fil-A to Open on Thursday
MaxPilot
July 20, 2023, 2:10 am
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yeah get in line for your processed artery clogging fast food! *lets see how many DV this gets, because each DV is a guilty person eating this garbage*
ZEROHAWK. Please take my upvote.
Garbage once in awhile is fine. You aren’t going to clog your arteries eating it once/ month. I personally think it’s gross, plus not a fan of the owner’s politics. So I don’t eat there. Also, people, don’t sit on State street. If you can’t get into the lot, keep driving, park a few blocks away. Don’t be stupid or lazy. Thanks for attending my TED talk.
I just got home a bit ago from “Uptown” passing by the restaurant on the way. There were a few cars in the drive-thru and a couple in the parking spots for indoors dining. Looked open but at 3:30 probably not the busiest time of day…
We are going to wait a few days as they get things squared away. We will probably OVER order as we have really missed the CFA products. If you are of the mind that the food is really bad for you, at least order a fresh lemonade…and put some vodka or tequila in it!!!
Rip burger king
RIP Char-West
Yes, John & Bonnie made Char West into a fine burger joint.
ChannelFog: Years ago, there was a place called “Link’s Drive In” located across from the Arlington where Carlito’s is today. I believe Link’s moved to the 3700 block of State Street where Taqueria la Unica is located (formerly Dunkin’ Donuts, and Taco Bell prior to Dunkin). At some point Link’s changed their name (and possibly owners as well) to Char West.
Speaking of history, I do remember having a “Texas Burger” (I believe that is what it was called) at 2733 De la Vina where Marty’s Pizza was located. Also, across the street was a German deli, which made really/really good sub sandwiches. Petersen’s anyone?
Zero, you confirmed it – classic Edhat downvotes!
The handful of EdScolds who pay for a subscription mainly to up/downvote comments are very predictable. (This comment excludes those who subscribe to actually support EdHat).
What about those who do both?
Lol VOICE, you just made that up
VOR is the perpetual victim. Boo Hoo
I hope the new configuration fixes the problem they had with patrons blocking traffic. I’m thankful for the people who persisted to address the issue. If people want to block their own arteries with fried food, I won’t stop them. But don’t block my road!
To Those Who Like To Preach (not just on this thread but all over Edhat) –
I am always amused here on Edhat about how vehemently folks like to preach to others.
As to everyone who isn’t me – “Que sera, sera.” (What will be will be.)
“Don’t worry, be happy.”
Oh, and also don’t worry about what I do and don’t eat. Or whether I drive an EV or gas guzzler. Or whether I support wind farms or nuclear, etc., etc., etc…..
P.S. – Thanks Max, for the update and photos. Appreciated.
This is human nature, not just on this forum but you can find it everywhere.. especially from my mother-in-law!
I passed by around 8 this evening, there were 4 or 5 cars backed up onto State Street and a bicyclist swinging wide into lanes to get around them. It’s a complicated issue, CFA has certainly put in a lot of effort to remedy the problem but the problem seems to be they are too popular. Jack in the Box, a few doors down, looked like a ghost town. Maybe it was just diners who’ve missed their fast food fix catching up and it’ll settle within a week?
They want the line — it creates a sense of artificial scarcity and makes people want to eat there more. So it’s a balancing act between that and pissing off the city by blocking the street.
In-N-Out uses the same strategy. “Gosh, that place always has a long line, it must be good!”
It’s fascinating to see the unraveling of the mental states of some of the posters here. Don’t need to even name names, it’s obvious. It’s beautiful out and we live in SB, yet you want to shill for a fast food joint. Get a clue.
Running a business in SB is challenging. I appreciate their effort to keep in business. Best wishes for a problem hopefully solved.upper state street is getting way too crowded.
Funny to see all the usuals here crying about downvotes with absolutely nothing else to add. Some people never change.
No disrespect, ZERO, but maybe some people DV’d your comment because it was a bit, well….. snarky. I didn’t, but some may have. Personally, I think that place is nasty except for the grilled chicken nuggets are halfway decent and not too unhealthy. The rest is bland and overrated, like In N Out…….
No one is “crying about downvotes”. Exactly the opposite. It’s pointing out the haters who see a post and react negatively without commenting. Of course, that’s your prerogative if you choose to be that way.
I never go there, but I agree with SZQ, quit judging food choices. Lame.
BASIC: “No one is “crying about downvotes”. Exactly the opposite.”
Also BASIC on the same thread: “Zero, you confirmed it – classic Edhat downvotes!”
You were saying?
So, I guess we need a new amendment to our Constitution that states Freedom of Food Choice. I cannot believe how negative some of you readers are about a place that others love and is in their budget. If you have the $ to dine at finer facilities, good on you but judge not lest ye be judged.
hey SZQ, if you wanna get fat, clog your arteries, and fill your body with junk food, go for it!! That is 100% your business. No one, including me said you can’t, in fact this is twice that I claim, go for it, get in line! There are plenty of folks just like you in line already. Go chow down! Enjoy your processed lunch! Yum!
SZQ–
Look, it’s shit food from a shit food culture which is bad for humans and bad for the planet. The food culture that this is a part of results in poor health throughout our society which has economic impacts on all of us.
So, I’ll judge it all day long if I want.
No one’s stopping you from eating it. There’s no constitutional right to not have your choices criticized, in fact quite the opposite.
Fat Food
this is so comical. some of the posts are automatic defensive posts. Some are trying to justify their craving for fat, salt, and processed food. Hey, America is number 12 globally. In obesity.
Chick-fil-A’s famous chicken sandwich has **55** ingredients, including MSG, Sodium Aluminum Phosphate, Potassium Iodate, and Dimethylpolysiloxane.
These additives are linked to several health risks, and some are banned or heavily restricted in other countries.
Commenting doesn’t equal crying in my book. Maybe yours. That’s fine. Go with it.
Perpetual victims with low self esteem continue to cry about downvotes. They feel their nonsense is being “censored”, when in fact their comments are just low information and pathetic.
This is all dancing around the basic problem, which is that drive-thrus are incredibly space inefficient. Each person in line takes up 15 feet of space. They make sense at I-5 exits in the middle of nowhere, but getting one to work in an area as dense as State Street is always going to be tough.
The traffic will continue to clog State Street in spite of this “improvement”
There wouldn’t be these problems if they would just give me my Arby’s.
Second Del Taco! Grilled chicken tacos are way better than Taco Bell. Really my only fast food guilty pleasure.
I don’t get the lines for both CFA and INO. The food really isn’t that amazing. Habit is 10000% better than INO and has salads so you can actually get a healthy meal there. INO is dry and boring. Sorry, but yuck and yawn!
🙂 or Del Taco. This should help with the backup on State. Also once the CFA opens on Turnpike where the old IHOP was it should relieve some backup from the state location as well. longest lines for fast food around here are IN & OUT and CFA
It’s really not fair that Santa Maria gets two Del Tacos and we don’t get any. 😉
Agree. I don’t get the In-N-Out hype.
We need a Del Taco big time.
Was really just hiding in wait for GT, to chime in on Del Taco, Thanks helps a lot!
All I can say at this moment is…..Ohhhhhh…..Emmmmm…..Geeeeeee!!!! We simply could NOT wait any longer and headed to CFA about an hour ago. There was a line, but we really didn’t have to wait very long to order and receive our “heavenly” fooooood. We ordered enough for a couple of days (we don’t mind CFA “leftovers”). Everything we ordered was cooked to perfection and we are absolutely stuffed to the gills right now. We ordered two extra-large lemonades with minimal ice, which we will use to make a few margies as soon as we feel that our arteries have cleared up (LOL!!!).
For those concerned about the traffic congestion, I know that it can be a real problem for a few people, but nothing to warrant calls for shutting the place down. When the new CFA goes in at Calle Real/Turnpike, there will be a noticeable decrease in the amount of vehicles turning in to the State Street location. The traffic at both places will also decline when the lower Milpas location becomes operational. It will be nice to ride our e-bikes to the Milpas location, and then have our feast at East Beach….oh yeah!!! What a glorious time to be living in SB….LOL!!!
SacJon: Most like SB will get a third CFA, PLUS….drummmmm rollllll please….a good chance one in Goleta. Talk “around town” sez they are eyeballing the corner of Santa Felicia and Hollister (close to where the “new” IHOP is located).
Love the Doner Kebabs and wraps, but there really is not a very large market for them, which is why you only see very small shops selling them for a few months, and then shut down. Best ones I’ve had were in Denmark and Australia (specifically in Melbourne). Locally, I don’t know, except I’ve enjoyed the kebab/wraps made in the teenie/tiny place located inside the back of Presidio Market (corner of Santa Barbara and Victoria). Actually, they were shawarmas….yum/yum.
BABY – there will be THREE of these places in SB? Dang…. SB getting OC? Be amazing if we could get a kebab shop around here or something other than mediocre chicken.
BABY – yes, used to always hit up that spot at Presidio after work! Shawarma is king! Now to try to make my own doner bread to wrap it in.
If you like their food, go there and buy some.
If you don’t like their food, don’t go there and don’t buy any.
What’s happened to the “live and let live mentality”?
It’s not just their food, which would be more like Live and Let Die. It’s also their repugnant corporate political policies.
Shasta, point to the news story where people are blocking others from accessing chicken sandwiches. Not happening.
People can express their opinions all they like dude, and also welcome to the internet.
ShastaGuy: I completely agree with you. No reason anyone should purchase CFA if they do not like their food or simply do not agree with the company owner’s politics. It’s the same as not buying Ben & Jerry’s ice cream because B&J refuse to return the land that their corporate headquarters is located to the people (Abenaki) it was stolen from. I’ll still buy B&J despite their politics….and that’s the way it should be!
“Live and Let Live” is a fantasy. In reality, it is more like “Live and Let Live as long as you live the way I say/want you to live.”
I drove by CFA today after work between 5:15-5:30 and there was no congestion whatsoever. Perhaps their drive thru modification did the trick.
ShastaGuy: Mondays are typically slow days for many restaurants, including CFA. We usually go on Mondays except we went there after they opened last Thursday and ordered waaaaaaaay too much food. We’ll probably go again this Thursday, so hopefully the lines won’t be too bad. Although the new Calle Real location will be further away, we plan to go there as soon as it opens as it’s easier to get on/off the freeway at Turnpike. Sometimes we go to In-and-Out, but typically do a “drive by” first to see how the lines are….if too long (say 15 cars or more), we don’t get in line to order. We much prefer CFA over I-n-O as it’s a bit healthier food (chicken vs burgers…..note: I did not say HEALTH food), plus CFA has the waffle fries and lemonade….and other things we love as well.