The standalone Chick-fil-A on Richmond Rd. will be closing this summer to renovate the building. This renovation will allow the restaurant to help allow more people to be served at a time and update some outdated material. Until the remodel is over, the Chick-fil-A in the Central Mall of Texarkana is prepared to accommodate the extra chicken-loving customers.

“It’s probably going to be in part of August and part of September,” manager of the Central Mall Chick-fil-A Laura Miller said. “ And from what I understand it, it will be anywhere from four to six weeks just depending on how much [the renovators] do.”

Many Chick-fil-A customers hope that the renovation will allow the restaurant to be laid out more efficiently since many have complained that the limited space outside creates a hectic rush during lunch and rush hour times.

“It can be anything from just remodeling part of the kitchen to adding some parking or adding more drive-thru lane,” Miller said.

The Central Mall Chick-fil-A reassures standalone Chick-fil-A employees that they will not be forgotten during this time of transition.

“Any team members that work there that wish to come [work] over here are absolutely welcome. We will definitely need at least twice as many as we have now to keep up with [demand].” Miller said. “Even after that, when people [continue to] use our curbside delivery service at this location, we will be hiring some new team members of our own to keep up with that demand that we have outside.”

While a definite date for the closing of the standalone Chick-fil-A has not been released, many Chick-fil-A fans are trying to get as much chicken as they can before it closes.

“I really like Chick-fil-A,” sophomore Nadia Fryer said. “Their chicken is good and they have great service.”