At 6:30 a.m. Wednesday, the doors opened at Long Island's first Chick-fil-A in Port Jefferson Station, the cash registers were ringing up sales, and within minutes people were sitting down to fried-chicken biscuits and scrambled egg platters.

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First on line Katie Chuber, left, and Anthony Viscuso, center, both of Port Jefferson Station, place an order at the Chick-fil-A in Port Jefferson, Oct. 7, 2015. The store is the first in Long Island and opened to the public this morning.

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Customers file into a Chick-fil-A that opened Wednesdaymorning, Oct. 7, 2015, in Port Jefferson.

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Long Island's first Chick-fil-A officially opened in Port Jefferson Station at 6:30 a.m. on Wednesday, Oct. 7, 2015, but already there were long lines as eager customers began camping out in the restaurant parking lot a day earlier. The early birds sought to be the first 100 people to win a year's worth of free means during the restaurant's grand opening.

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Vince Cassata of Babylon carries his sleeping bag as he prepares to stay overnight in the parking lot of Long Island's first Chick-fil-A in Port Jefferson Station on Tuesday, Oct. 6, 2015. Cassata sought to be among the first 100 to enter the restaurant, which officially opened at 6:30 a.m. Wednesday.

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Long Islanders eager for Long Island's first Chick-fil-A to open in Port Jefferson Station camped out in the parking lot on Tuesday, Oct. 6, 2015. The restaurant opened its doors at 6:30 a.m. Wednesday.

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Long Islanders who camped out overnight at Long Island's first Chick-fil-A in Port Jefferson Station enter the restaurant, which officially opened at 6:30 a.m. Wednesday, Oct. 7, 2015.

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Long Island's first Chick-fil-A opens on Wednesday, Oct. 7, 2015, but people started lining up the previous morning around 6 a.m.

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Chick-fil-A franchise owner Stan Abrahamsen escorts a cow mascot through the just-opened fast-food restaurant in Port Jefferson Station on Wednesday, Oct. 7, 2015.

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Customers crowd Long Island's first Chick-fil-A in Port Jefferson Station during the restaurant's grand opening on Wednesday, Oct. 7, 2015.

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