DaTechGuy at Chick-Fil-A

When peo­ple were talk­ing about an “Every­body go to Chick-​Fil-​A” on Wednes­day I was bummed out. Because of the Madonna Della Cava vow I can’t eat meat on Wednes­days. Thursday’s I was busy work­ing on ads for new cus­tomers so Today was the day to go.

I’m still down a car so I grabbed DaWife’s vehi­cle and headed north. I hadn’t been there for a while so I had no idea where the food court was when I got there so I headed straight for a map. Much to my sur­prise the other peo­ple look­ing at the map were look­ing for the same place:

From there it was just a hop skip and jump to the place. It was a food court so the tables were full but no lines

I ordered the #1 mean, AND a spicy chicken sand­wich AND an order of nuggets AND an order of strips. The plan was to sit down, eat the #1 and take the rest home. As I waited for the order I talked to the man­ager who asked not to be on camera.

He said busi­ness had been flat no real change since the con­tro­versy, it turns out that since there are so few Chick Fil-​A any­where around here (There are only 3 in all of New Eng­land 2 in Mass­a­chu­setts and this one) so peo­ple already make long trips to come and eat so a few more doesn’t make a huge difference.

I sat down next to an elderly cou­ple as there were few seats we talked for a bit and Tom agreed to an interview:

Tom has been mar­ried for over 50 years, I asked him for the secret of a suc­cess­ful longterm mar­riage, he said: Mar­riage is like a job with two employes, if you don’t work hard you get fired.

All this is well and good, but the ques­tion that really counts? How good is the food?

The Chicken sand­wich was good as I remem­bered from Geor­gia. It’s under­played with just a pair of pick­les. I tried one of the nuggets and strips, they were also supe­rior, I packed most of them up to take home for the fam­ily but the real test was the spicy sand­wich. I’ve pub­licly stated that Wendy’s Spicy Chicken Sand­wich was the best in fast food how does Chick-​Fil-​A mea­sure up?

I ate the spicy sand­wich on the drive home, like the stan­dard it comes only with a pair of pick­les, I think the veg­gies and mayo help more (advan­tage Wendy’s)

The Chicken itself was thicker than the Wendy’s patty and a bit more meaty. The Wendy’s patty is a lit­tle less greasy and also thin­ner. It’s really a mat­ter of style but a tiny edge to Chick Fil-​A due to the thicker patty

The spices. Chick-​Fil-​A is a hot­ter mix of course I’m less used to it than the Wendy’s. Wendy’s spices are milder and leave a bet­ter after­taste. Again it’s a mat­ter of taste, and I’m a crea­ture of habit. slight advan­tage Wendy’s

Over­all. The Chick-​Fil-​A spicy Sand­wich is a really good Sand­wich, Cer­tanly worth every penny you pay for it and far supe­rior to McDon­alds or Burger King, but If I only had the money for one, I’d have to buy Wendy’s…

…no con­test on the fries, Chick-Fil-A’s are MUCH better.