People's Choice 2016: Chick-fil-A

NO. 1 FAST-FOOD RESTAURANT, NO. 1 FRIENDLIEST RESTAURANT

Chick-fil-A

3333 Gordonville Road, Cape Girardeau

(573) 651-4600

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It all started in 1946, when Truett Cathy opened his first restaurant, Dwarf Grill, in Hapeville, Georgia. Credited with inventing Chick-fil-A's chicken sandwich, Mr. Cathy founded Chick-fil-A Inc. in the early 1960s and pioneered the establishment of restaurants in malls with the opening of the first Chick-fil-A restaurant at a mall in Atlanta in 1967. Since then, Chick-fil-A has steadily grown to become the largest quick-service chicken restaurant chain in the United States, based on annual sales, with more than 2,000 locations in 43 states. In 2015, annual sales were nearly $6 billion. Chick-fil-A is privately held and family owned.