Chick-fil-A’s high-profile restaurant in Manhattan closed temporarily last week after health officials cited the unit with five critical violations. “We do have a little more work to complete so we have made the decision to remain closed until we feel confident we are exceeding standards in all areas”, the statement read.
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This was the restaurant’s second inspection.
New York City’s first and only standalone Chick-fil-A restaurant has reopened Tuesday, after it voluntarily shut down its operation for almost a week due to health code violations that give it a “C” grade.
The violations weren’t severe enough to force an immediate shutdown, an action the department takes if “there is a public health hazard that can not be corrected at the time of inspection”, said the spokesman.
The company said it was independently owned and operated by Oscar Fittipaldi.
As of Monday afternoon, Chick-fil-A hadn’t set a reopening date, although it had previously said it would reopen on Monday morning.
“All of this activity and the commitment of our team will ensure the cleanest and safest environment going forward – something that we are committed to chain-wide”, said the restaurant chain.
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Huge queues have formed outside the fast food restaurant almost every day since it opened in October, but the branch unexpectedly closed on December 30. The points determine which letter grade the restaurant gets and has to display in its window. Food/refuse/sewage-associated flies include fruit flies, drain flies and Phorid flies. It also had almost a one-hour wait to get inside, as the line stretched around the corner and down 37th Street.
