The Chick‑fil‑A at Macland Crossing in Marietta is officially back in action. After a short renovation that shuffled the dining room layout and service flow, the restaurant reopened Thursday with restored dine‑in seating and a community ribbon‑cutting that turned the shopping center into a mini pep rally.
According to The Georgia Sun, the location at 2005 MacLand Crossing Circle SW is sporting an updated dining room interior and a refreshed service setup. The outlet reported that Seth Cathy, grandson of Chick‑fil‑A founder S. Truett Cathy, joined Cobb County District 4 Commissioner Monique Sheffield, Rotary Club president Clifford Kelker and local school principals for the ribbon‑cutting, with the Osborne High School marching band providing the soundtrack.
What changed inside
Recent Chick‑fil‑A remodels around Marietta have tended to focus on roomier dining areas along with upgraded drive‑thru and face‑to‑face service. A 2019 report in The Atlanta Journal-Constitution documented similar improvements at another Cobb County location. For Macland Crossing, Chick‑fil‑A’s official restaurant page for the site (Chick‑fil‑A Macland Crossing) still showed the restaurant as “Temporarily Closed” at the time of checking, a reminder that corporate web listings can trail behind what is already happening on the ground.
Local context
Owner‑operator Sandeep Kapoor, who Marietta.com reported opened a second Chick‑fil‑A on Barrett Parkway last year, has run the Macland Crossing restaurant since 2017 and previously said the site would close temporarily for a rebuild. That Barrett Parkway project and the Macland Crossing refresh fit into a local pattern of upgrading Chick‑fil‑A locations to add seating and modernize how customers move through the restaurant…