Customers lined up early Thursday morning to be among the first at Petal’s newest restaurant, Chick-fil-A.
The restaurant’s doors opened at 6:30 a.m. with dozens of vehicles navigating Evelyn Gandy Parkway and the adjoining Parkway Lane to get to the drive-thru.
“We had a line going all the way down Parkway Lane,” said owner and operator Annah Johnson. “It was kinda neat because we weren’t expecting it. I feel like it was flowing well. We’ll have to learn and we’ll grow as traffic picks up.”
Customers didn’t mind the wait, which was much shorter than expected.

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