<Tr> <Th> Website </Th> <Td> chick-fil-a.com </Td> </Tr> <P> Chick - fil - A (/ tʃ ɪkfɪˈleɪ / chik - fil - AY, a play on the American English pronunciation of "fillet") is an American fast food restaurant chain headquartered in the Atlanta district of College Park, Georgia, specializing in chicken sandwiches . Founded in May 1946, it operates more than 2,200 restaurants, primarily in the United States . The restaurant serves breakfast before transitioning to its lunch and dinner menu . Chick - fil - A also offers customers catered selections from its menu for special events . Many of the company's values are influenced by its founder's Southern Baptist beliefs; all Chick - fil - A restaurants are closed for business on Sundays as well as on Thanksgiving and Christmas . </P> <P> The chain's origin can be traced to the Dwarf Grill (now the Dwarf House), a restaurant opened by S. Truett Cathy, the chain's former chairman and CEO, in 1946 . The restaurant is located in Hapeville, Georgia, a suburb of Atlanta, and is near the location of the now - demolished Ford Motor Company Atlanta Assembly Plant, for many years a source of many of the restaurant's patrons . </P> <P> In 1961, after 15 years in the fast food business, Cathy found a pressure - fryer that could cook the chicken sandwich in the same amount of time it took to cook a fast - food hamburger . Following this discovery, he registered the name Chick - fil - A, Inc . The company's trademarked slogan, "We Didn't Invent the Chicken, Just the Chicken Sandwich," refers to their flagship menu item, the Chick - fil - A chicken sandwich . </P>

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