{"id":301546,"date":"2026-06-09T17:39:13","date_gmt":"2026-06-09T17:39:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/301546\/"},"modified":"2026-06-09T17:39:13","modified_gmt":"2026-06-09T17:39:13","slug":"chick-fil-a-opens-first-florida-delivery-only-ghost-kitchen-in-miami","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/301546\/","title":{"rendered":"Chick-fil-A opens first Florida delivery-only ghost kitchen in Miami"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>FOX Business correspondent Madison Alworth reports on the food delivery drones that are taking flight in New Jersey on \u2018Varney &amp; Co.\u2019<\/p>\n<p>The ultimate test of fast-food physics is arriving<a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxbusiness.com\/real-estate\/ceo-miamis-luxury-boom-fuels-mecca-wealthy-other-buyers-feel-priced-out\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\"> in Miami.<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Chick-fil-A is expanding its footprint in the Sunshine State with a new delivery-only &#8220;ghost kitchen&#8221; in Miami&#8217;s Wynwood neighborhood, marking a strategic move to bypass the real estate constraints of traditional brick-and-mortar restaurants.<\/p>\n<p>Operating within the CloudKitchens network, the location is the privately held fast-food giant&#8217;s first delivery-only kitchen in Florida and just its sixth nationwide, allowing the company to maximize kitchen capacity and meet demand without the overhead costs of a traditional dining room.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxbusiness.com\/lifestyle\/chick-fil-a-franchisee-sued-after-allegedly-firing-employee-over-sabbath-observance\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">CHICK-FIL-A FRANCHISEE SUED AFTER ALLEGEDLY FIRING EMPLOYEE OVER SABBATH OBSERVANCE<\/a><\/p>\n<p>The restaurant is located at 1900 NE Miami Court, and will fulfill orders primarily through third-party delivery platforms, according to a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.chick-fil-a.com\/press-room\/announcing-chick-fil-a-wynwood-delivery\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Chick-fil-A press release<\/a>. It is open Monday through Saturday from 10:30 a.m. to midnight \u2013 two hours later than Chick-fil-A\u2019s typical dine-in or drive-thru closing time.<\/p>\n<p>    <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/chick-fil-a-line-chefs-kitchen.jpg\" alt=\"Chick-fil-A line chefs handle chicken\"\/> <\/p>\n<p>Employees prepare fried chicken sandwiches for guests during an event ahead of the grand opening of a Chick-fil-A restaurant in New York. (Getty Images)<\/p>\n<p>The new Wynwood location is expected to create approximately 30 local jobs, offering hands-on training, mentoring and competitive benefits.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;We know how important fast and reliable delivery is to Wynwood, and we want to meet the community where they are while keeping our signature hospitality,&#8221; owner-operator Thomas Overby said in the release.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Being born and raised in Miami, serving this community is very special to me. Our new delivery kitchen location gives us the opportunity to serve <a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxbusiness.com\/real-estate\/ken-griffins-florida-takeover-citadel-founder-shells-out-180m-latest-piece-miami-empire\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">the Wynwood community<\/a> in a way that works best for them and gives me the privilege to deepen my connection with my hometown,&#8221; he continued.<\/p>\n<p>CP Group managing partner Angelo Bianco speaks exclusively to Fox News Digital about FC Barcelona\u2019s new headquarters office lease in Downtown Miami\u2019s One Biscayne Tower.<\/p>\n<p>While traditional restaurants face constraints including seating capacity, kitchen square footage and limited hours, a delivery-only kitchen allows the brand to serve a larger customer base and operate at full capacity without paying for prime retail real estate or dining room upkeep.<\/p>\n<p>Partnering with established kitchen infrastructure networks like CloudKitchens allows the company to rapidly deploy its delivery framework into high-density urban areas such as Miami.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxbusiness.com\/apps-products\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">GET FOX BUSINESS ON THE GO BY CLICKING HERE<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Starbird founder Aaron Noveshen told FOX Business the chain is redefining fast food with higher-quality ingredients.<\/p>\n<p>Unlike its publicly traded competitors, Chick-fil-A is a privately held company with no public shareholders and reigns as America\u2019s third-largest quick service restaurant. The slow rollout of its <a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxbusiness.com\/lifestyle\/red-lobster-ghost-kitchen-chicago\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">&#8220;ghost kitchen&#8221;<\/a> model mirrors similar smaller-scale moves Chick-fil-A has made in recent years, like opening five stores in its first expansion into England and just one in Singapore \u2013 a city with more than 6 million people.<\/p>\n<p>Chick-fil-A&#8217;s other five delivery-only locations operate in College Park, Maryland; Nashville, Tennessee; Louisville, Kentucky; Boston, Massachusetts; and Northern California.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/foxbusiness.com\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">READ MORE FROM FOX BUSINESS<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"FOX Business correspondent Madison Alworth reports on the food delivery drones that are taking flight in New Jersey&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":301547,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[28,30,29],"class_list":["post-301546","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-florida","tag-florida","tag-florida-headlines","tag-florida-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/301546","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=301546"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/301546\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/301547"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=301546"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=301546"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=301546"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}