- December 13, 2025
Sierra Johnson (front right) brought her kids and her friend's children to the Seminole Woods Chick-fil-A grand opening. Clockwise from left to right: Daniel Alvarez, 11, Shiloh Markovitz, 10, Kelsi Alvarez, 6, Beau Markovitz, 5, Oliver Markovitz, 7, and Johnson. Photo by Sierra Williams
The Seminole Woods Chick-fil-A location opened on Nov. 11, 2025. Photo by Sierra Williams
James Steffens, left, got to eat free at the new Chick-fil-A at 5865 State Road 100 on Tuesday, Nov. 11. Photo by Brent Woronoff
Enrique Torres wears an "Eat Mor Chikin" sign and hand-made cow mask to the Seminole Woods Chick-fil-A's grand opening. Photo by Sierra Williams
James Steffens with mom, Kristyn Steffens, at the new Chick-fil-A at 5865 State Route 100. Photo by Brent Woronoff
Palm Coast's new Chick-fil-A restaurant is officially open for business, as of Nov. 11.
The new location will be open daily, Monday through Saturday, from 6:30 a.m. to 10 p.m. for dine-in, drive-thru, carry out, delivery, mobile pick-up and catering, according to a press release. The location is owned and operated by Glen Efford, who also owns the Palm Coast Parkway location.
Palm Coast Chick-fil-A's Director of Hospitality Chris Calderon said it has been the work of two years to open a second location in Palm Coast.
"We've had an awesome opening day," Calderon said. "We are thrilled to be able to serve the community on this side of the town, and we really couldn't have asked for a better day to open with it being Veterans Day."
Veteran's received free meals at Chick-fil-A on Veteran's Day.
As a special promotion during its grand opening day, the Chick-fil-A Seminole Woods gave free entree or kid's meal to anyone who visited dressed in cow attire or wearing a cow-spotted accessory, limited to one per person in cow attire per day. As of 1:30 p.m., Calderon said they had served over 2,500 people, both in an out of costumes.
At least over 300 showed up in cow-attire, he said.
"The community response has been great," he said. "The community has been waiting for a second. Chick-fil-A. Our first location over in Palm Coast, it was a very busy location, and it was time for us to expand."
Now with the second location across town, he said, Chick-fil-A can better served its patrons "with the best hospitality possible."
In creating the second location, Calderon said, the team has had to expand its workforce, adding over 100 new employees between both locations. Some of the more season team members were transferred to the new location as well, he said, and they are still hiring new team members for both locations.
Overall, Calderon said, it was a perfect opening day.
"We are extremely pleased with how the grand opening went this morning," he said. "We couldn't have asked for a better response."
To celebrate the grand opening, Chick-fil-A is donating $25,000 to Feeding American in the restaurant's honor. The funds will be distributed in the greater Central Florida area, the press release said. The Chick-fil-A Seminole Woods location will also participate in the Chick-fil-A Shared Table program, which redirects surplus food to local nonprofits.
