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Chick-Fil-A could open in Onalaska this fall. When this fall? Don’t ask.

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2 years ago

February 1, 2022

The long-awaited Chick-Fil-A restaurant planned for Onalaska is scheduled to open late this year. The company isn’t being more specific than saying the opening should be in the fall.

In early 2020, the city of Onalaska approved plans for putting the chicken restaurant on the site of the former Fauver Hill School, along Highway 16. The application was approved just as the pandemic was shutting down construction projects.

The Onalaska city planning office says the building permits have been taken out, but it’s up to the contractors to decide when building will start.

The nearest Chick-Fil-A to La Crosse is an hour away, in Rochester.

Brad Williams

A native of Prairie du Chien, Brad graduated from UW - La Crosse and has worked in radio news for more than 30 years, mostly in the La Crosse area. He regularly covers local courts and city and county government. Brad produces the features "Yesterday in La Crosse" and "What's Buried on Brad's Desk." He also writes the website "Triviazoids," which finds odd connections between events that happen on a certain date, and he writes and performs with the local comedy group Heart of La Crosse. Brad been featured on several national TV programs because of his memory skills.