By Luke Sonderman, Fast-Food Expert
Finally, after years of rumors, a Chick-fil-A is coming to the desert! On Monterey and Dinah Shore, Chick-fil-A signs have been put up in the new Monterey Crossing Shopping Center next to the Quick Quack Car Wash, Habit Burger Grill, Spectrum, and AT&T Store (desertsun.com).
For those of you who haven’t been to Chick-fil-A, I am very sorry for you. Chick-fil-A may just be the best food to ever enter my mouth. Chick-fil-A’s menu consists of spicy fried chicken, regular fried chicken, and grilled chicken sandwiches; fried and grilled chicken tenders and nuggets; a cold chicken wrap; and a chicken salad. They also have a breakfast menu which has breakfast sandwiches with biscuits instead of regular sandwiches.
In the past eight years, Chick-fil-A has been in the center of controversy for being a Christian-owned company that isn’t open on Sundays (yahoo.com/lifestyle). In July 2021, a Chick-fil-A spokesman made a comment to Yahoo News saying, “Chick-fil-A does not have a political or social agenda, and we welcome everyone in our restaurants. We are proud to be represented by more than 180,000 diverse Team Members nationwide, and we strive to be a positive influence in our local communities. We do this, in part, by contributing $25,000 to food banks in each community where we open a new restaurant and donating more than 10 million meals through our Shared Table program.” In recent years, the controversy has begun to die down as Chick-fil-A has stopped donating to the Salvation Army and the Fellowship of Christian Athletes who both have made homophobic and anti-same-sex marriage comments (marketwatch.com).
Personally, I believe that private companies are allowed to put their money where they want, and consumers can purchase their product without agreeing with the company’s personal beliefs. By eating at Chick-fil-A, I am not agreeing with their beliefs, whatever they might be, but I am eating there because I think the chicken is absolute fire.
So, for all the Raising Canes, KFC, Mickey Dee’s, and Dave’s Hot Chicken fans, head over to Chick-fil-A (it isn’t actually open yet), and eat some actual bomb chicken. It will change your life forever.
I’ve had a lot of brief conversations with the author in regards to how many companies really live up to a progressive ideal of social behavior and regretfully, there are many that do not. The best you can do is to pick and choose your battles…however, personally, I do not believe that Chick-fil-a is no longer a radical right organization, that is steeped in their biblical view, they’re still pretty honest about that. Are they allowed to “evolve” on certain matters? Sure, I think we all appreciate becoming better people/companies – but is it that they actually have, or are they just smarter at hiding their agenda? Does the good they do their surrounding communities outweigh the bad they do to marginalized people?
(Plus – I would disagree with the other main thesis of this blog, because their chicken just ain’t that good!)
Want some good chicken? Go to Cluckin-bun and support a company that isn’t a chain. (It is THE BEST out there, next to Palp Springs Bowling Lanes at Landeau and Ramon)
Chick Fil A is still better…