Chick-fil-A submits plan for third location in the Olympia area, city announces
The fast-food chicken sandwich business Chick-fil-A has submitted plans for a third location in the Olympia area, the city of Olympia announced on Monday.
The chain already has a location in Lacey on Marvin Road, and the business is building a second site in west Olympia at Cooper Point Road and Capital Mall Drive.
The third site, which is proposed to have dual drive-thrus, would be at 4505 Martin Way E., the site of a “previous Red Lobster,” the city information reads. However, Red Lobster is still open at the site.
Still, the plan is to ultimately demolish the Red Lobster building and build a new Chick-fil-A on the site, lead planner Casey Mauck said Monday. A timeline for when that would happen isn’t known, she said.
The Olympian has reached out to Red Lobster for more information.
Chick-fil-A is a popular restaurant, but also a business that has generated some controversy here. Nationwide controversy surrounding the chain revolves around its past charitable donations to organizations perceived as anti-LGBTQ+, coupled with statements made by a former CEO opposing same-sex marriage.
Residents were unhappy when the business sponsored a Children’s Day event in Lacey, and the west Olympia site displaced a restaurant called Fujiyama Japanese Steakhouse that later moved to another site on Cooper Point Road.
A city-hosted neighborhood meeting about the second proposed site also attracted some angry comments.
There is a comment period for Chick-fil-A’s newest proposal. Send comments by 5 p.m. July 14 to lead planner Casey Mauck at cmauck@ci.olympia.wa.us.
This story was originally published June 30, 2025 at 10:48 AM.
