First-ever Chick-fil-A restaurant location is closing this weekend for good

The original Chick-fil-A location appears to be shutting its doors

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ATLANTA — The first Chick-fil-A restaurant to ever open appears to be shutting its doors down for good.

A Channel 2 Action News photographer spotted signs posted at the location at the Greenbriar Mall. The message said that it will serve it last original Chick-fil-a sandwiches from 11 a.m. to 4 p.m. on Saturday.

The sign also pointed customers to visit nearby locations at Camp Creek Parkway and Cascade Road.

The restaurant’s Facebook page lists the location as “permanently closed.”

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The Greenbriar Chick-fil-a has served southwest Atlanta since 1967. Customers told Channel 2 that they’re not ready to see it go.

“That was one of the first and I remember going as a kid. I’m 58, so it’s heartbreaking,” customer Toni Ingram said. Channel 2 Action News reached out to Chick-fil-a on Tuesday and Wednesday for an official statement and we are waiting to hear back.

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The Dwarf House, opened by Truett Cathy and his brother Samuel in 1946, is the home of the original Chick-fil-a Sandwich; however, the Greenbriar Mall was the first Chick-fil-A specific restaurant, according to the company’s website.

The original franchise operator was Doris Williams, previously ran a local school’s cafeteria.

The first free-standing Chick-fil-A outside a mall wouldn’t open until 1986 in Atlanta.

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