Chick-fil-A will open their doors on Thursday, December 12th at 6am and tonight they held a Premiere night with a corporate team from Georgia. Many family, friends and employees were invited to see the brand new stand alone restaurant located on W. Garriott in front of Oakwood Mall.
Eager patrons were treated to gifts, music and samples of everything on the menu. The Georgia team gave tours of the kitchen and explained how Chick-fil-A operates. The tour started at the award winning drive-thru. Award winning because they have won multiple awards on drive-thru speed and quality. Enid's Chick-fil-A has a double ordering drive-thru which merges into a single window.
The tour continued into the very spacious kitchen which was staffed with busy workers preparing food for the guests. The first station was for making the fresh biscuits that they hand make everyday. The next station in line was the lemonade area that contained a box of Sunkist lemons. The lemonade is fresh squeezed everyday right in the store.
The next area was for salads. We were informed that all salad ingredients are shipped to the store, then prepared in the kitchen, meaning that all salads are fresh and made to order. You can order yours without carrots or custom make it to your preference.
Shakes are made with old fashioned real ice cream and ingredients like the Oreos are actually Oreos! Everything used from condiments to toppings are all popular name brands like the Heinz ketchup.
We toured the fryers and watched as each chicken breast is breaded right there. Everything deep fried is timed to the second and pulled out as soon as it is ready which keeps the chicken from soaking in the oil reducing calories. Chick-fil-A uses quality ingredients and prides itself on having a very clean kitchen and employees that care about cleanliness.
During the Premiere night it was pointed out that Enid does not have a Chick-fil-A, Enid has "Connie's Chick-fil-A". Just about anyone that has eaten at Chick-fil-A personally knows Connie Sturgeon-Hart and she most likely knows them by name. The corporate staff was impressed with the Enid store and had never seen a store so closely tied to its owner.
The Enid Chick-fil-A grand opening comes with a special event called the "First 100". 100 people have the opportunity to win a free Chick-fil-A meals for an entire year. The First 100 Event starts on Wednesday, December 11th at 6AM. The "First 100" qualified participants at the Grand Opening will receive a Grand Prize of one Chick-fil-A Sandwich Meal per week for a year (equating to 52 meals). An overnight stay is required.
It is always exciting when a new Chick-fil-A Restaurant opens, but it is especially rewarding for the First 100! That is because each of the First 100 Participants at the Grand Opening of a Chick-fil-A Restaurant who comply with the Official Rules will receive a Grand Prize of one Chick-fil-A Sandwich Meal per week for a year (equating to 52 meals). A Chick-fil-A Sandwich Meal consists of a Chick-fil-A® Chicken Sandwich, medium Waffle Potato Fries TM and a medium drink.
Thanks to overwhelming support, the First 100 Giveaway has grown tremendously over the years. Increasingly, there have been very large crowds arriving very early. To help ease confusion and to allow our guests equal opportunity to participate, a new process has been put in place to choose the First 100 Winners.
Unless otherwise noted, arrive at the Restaurant between 5:30 a.m. and 6:00 a.m. Local Time on the day before a grand opening (e.g., the Wednesday before a Thursday grand opening)**. Go to the Restaurant and express your interest in participating in the Giveaway. If more than 100 people are present, qualified and prepared to participate in the Giveaway as of 6 a.m.,** the First 100 Participants will be selected via a random Drawing, as follows: http://www.chick-fil-a.com/Locations/First-100 or PDF.
Please note that by RSVP-ing to this event on Facebook does not guarantee your spot in the First 100.
