Gig Harbor will have its first Chick-fil-A restaurant – and one fewer gas station/mini-mart in the busy Pt. Fosdick Drive and Olympic Drive neighborhood – if plans that the Atlanta-based chicken sandwich giant is discussing with the city of Gig Harbor come to fruition.
Chick-fil-A’s vision includes razing the decades-old Chevron station at 5115 Olympic Drive. In its place would rise a 2,631-square-foot fast food restaurant with two lanes for drive-through ordering but no indoor seating. The store would be open from 5:30 a.m. to 11 p.m. every day except Sunday.
The new business would provide 46 patio seats and 52 parking spaces, according to a preliminary site plan.
“Customers may place orders in the drive-through via digital menu boards with speakers or directly through employees with handheld computer pads and portable receipt printers” who approach the cars, the project narrative filed with the city of Gig Harbor states…