Chick-fil-A Is Finally Opening Its First Location In This Major City

America's favorite fast-food company is still unpopular in certain places, but not Boston. After failing to grow into New England in 2012

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"It's our pleasure to confirm we will be opening a Chick-fil-A restaurant in Boston at 569 Boylston St. this winter," it said. "We look forward to joining

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Plan your trip and book your flights well in advance to secure better deals and seat choices.

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the community and to serving all of our guests delicious food in an environment of genuine hospitality."

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It wasn't easy for the chicken chain to get here. Massachusetts boasts more than a dozen Chick-fil-A restaurants, but Boston has resisted for years.

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When the chain said it was considering a Freedom Trail location in 2012, late mayor Thomas Menino criticized it. Menino made it clear he didn't want a gay marriage-opposing

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She replied, "I was angry to learn on the heels of your prejudiced statements about your search for a site to locate in Boston,

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to Chick-fil-A's then-president Dan Cathy. "There is no place for discrimination on Boston's Freedom Trail

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Cathy told the Baptist Press a few months earlier that his company was "guilty as charged" for funding anti-gay marriage campaigns. Corporate Chick-fil-A

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