The only Chick-fil-A in the country serving nugget pizza and bone-in wings is shutting down its experimental menu. Chick-fil-A’s Little Blue Menu test kitchen on Baltimore Avenue in College Park will close in early 2027, with the location converting into a traditional Chick-fil-A restaurant.
A Chick-fil-A spokesperson confirmed the closure of the College Park test kitchen, according to WBFF. The College Park spot, which opened in September 2023, is the sole surviving Little Blue Menu location in the country, and guests will still be able to order its test items until the switch takes place in early 2027.
Located near the University of Maryland campus, the restaurant became known for menu items that never made it to standard Chick-fil-A locations, including hamburgers, wings, and pizza, per the station’s report. The site was intentionally placed adjacent to the flagship campus, giving Chick-fil-A’s innovation arm direct access to a student population of more than 40,000, according to The Takeout.
A Five-Year Test-and-Learn Experiment Comes to an End
Little Blue Menu was designed as a test-and-learn concept, the same framing WBFF’s report uses, rather than a permanent new brand. It was developed under Red Wagon Ventures, Chick-fil-A’s corporate innovation subsidiary founded in 2017 to incubate business models outside the core fast-food chain, according to the Atlanta Journal-Constitution. The venture’s name pays homage to the red wagon founder Truett Cathy used as a six-year-old to sell Coca-Cola during the Great Depression…