Chick-fil-A to open next year in Stillwater
Chick-fil-A is coming to Stillwater Chick-fil-A officers plan next fall to open a -square-foot restaurant with a drive-thru facility in the parking lot of the former Herberger s department store building The site Washington Ave is located near the intersection of Washington Avenue and the Minnesota frontage road south of Harbor Freight Tools and east of Caribou Coffee The Stillwater City Council signed off on the plans last week City executives approved a conditional-use permit to allow a restaurant with a drive-thru as well as a variance to accommodate drive-thru canopies that encroach into the required -foot setback commented Jason Zimmerman the city s locality growth director The proposed restaurant is located within the city s business park commercial zoning district In a plat associated with a proposed car wash was approved on the site but the car wash never opened Zimmerman noted That same year the Caribou Coffee was constructed in the area Zimmerman announced Zimmerman revealed city officers are working to improve traffic flow in the area especially at the intersection of the frontage road and Washington Avenue We re looking at making particular changes there which will help he declared I think that s the biggest pinch point Zimmerman who has never eaten at a Chick-fil-A explained he is looking forward to trying it out Their territory evaluation proved that this would be a good place to locate he mentioned People really like Chick-fil-A People including my son just love the food I think there s a lot of excitement about seeing it in Stillwater I m sure they ll get a lot of customers Related Articles Member-owners of Mississippi Arena and River Domain co-ops approve merger Grant teen missing since Thursday night identified safe Oak Park Heights Joseph s restaurant a step closer to becoming cannabis shop Woodbury s new city administrator plans to lead with positivity and relationship building Oak Park Heights personnel to hear request to turn Joseph s restaurant into cannabis shop
