{"id":33085,"date":"2023-06-23T18:08:12","date_gmt":"2023-06-23T22:08:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lakelandgazette.info\/news\/?p=33085"},"modified":"2023-06-23T18:08:16","modified_gmt":"2023-06-23T22:08:16","slug":"south-lakeland-chick-fil-a-should-reopen-monday-after-adding-a-third-drive-thru-lane-and-remodeling","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lakelandgazette.info\/news\/2023\/06\/23\/south-lakeland-chick-fil-a-should-reopen-monday-after-adding-a-third-drive-thru-lane-and-remodeling\/","title":{"rendered":"South Lakeland Chick-fil-A should reopen Monday after adding a third drive-thru lane and remodeling"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">A much-awaited third drive-thru lane at the South Florida Avenue Chick-fil-A restaurant in Lakeland could be open as early as Monday, a statement from a Chick-fil-A Inc. spokeswoman said. &nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"500\" height=\"231\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 500px) 100vw, 500px\" src=\"https:\/\/lakelandgazette.info\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/South-Lakeland-Chick-fil-A.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-33086\" srcset=\"https:\/\/lakelandgazette.info\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/South-Lakeland-Chick-fil-A.jpg 500w, https:\/\/lakelandgazette.info\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/South-Lakeland-Chick-fil-A-300x139.jpg 300w\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cWe are pleased to share that Chick-fil-A South Florida Avenue is completing a remodel to make overall improvements to the restaurant and enhance the guest experience,\u201d she&nbsp;said Friday via email. \u201cThe remodel includes updates to the kitchen and dining room, as well as the addition of a third drive-thru lane.\u201d&nbsp;&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Assuming the project is not delayed, the restaurant is expected to reopen on Monday, she said. &nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The same franchise restaurant at 4625 S. Florida Ave. had been rebuilt just three years ago to add capacity inside and outside. In addition to the expanded drive-thru, the chicken restaurant will close its parking lot entrance along West Alamo Drive and create a new drive-thru-only entrance&nbsp;further down Alamo, Polk County planning records show. &nbsp;&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The reconfiguration of traffic flows would mean access from the north side of the site and directly to the drive-thru, a project engineer said in February. This was an effort to lessen stacking on the parking lot and off-site and instead give drivers more room to line up within the drive-thru. \u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">There will also be a bypass lane on the property for motorists who need to go around the drive-thru after entering from Alamo Drive. &nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">A building permit showed a $415,000 price tag for the renovation to the drive-thru, kitchen, and dining room, which comprises about 5,492 square feet of the property. The fast-food chain operates its South Lakeland location on a 2.39-acre parcel owned by Sauder Properties LLC, county property records show.\u00a0<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A much-awaited third drive-thru lane at the South Florida Avenue Chick-fil-A restaurant in Lakeland could be open as early as Monday, a statement from a Chick-fil-A Inc. spokeswoman said. &nbsp;&hellip; <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":33086,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"inline_featured_image":false,"_uf_show_specific_survey":0,"_uf_disable_surveys":false,"wpai_generated_summary":"","footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"{title}\n\n{excerpt}\n\n{url}","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"dois","default_image_id":71799,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2},"_wpas_customize_per_network":false},"categories":[12,14],"tags":[5297],"class_list":["post-33085","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-local","category-news","tag-south-lakeland-chick-fil-a-should-reopen-monday-after-adding-a-third-drive-thru-lane-and-remodeling"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/lakelandgazette.info\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/33085","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/lakelandgazette.info\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/lakelandgazette.info\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lakelandgazette.info\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lakelandgazette.info\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=33085"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/lakelandgazette.info\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/33085\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lakelandgazette.info\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/33086"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/lakelandgazette.info\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=33085"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lakelandgazette.info\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=33085"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lakelandgazette.info\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=33085"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}