Long Island's first Chick-fil-A opens
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.
Customers file into a Chick-fil-A that opened Wednesdaymorning, Oct. 7, 2015, in Port Jefferson.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
Customers crowd Long Island's first Chick-fil-A in Port Jefferson Station during the restaurant's grand opening on Wednesday, Oct. 7, 2015.