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This could be good news for UCLA students and faculty and Westwood office-dwellers who are fans of their fast food coming with a side of controversy. Looks like Chick-fil-A is taking over the former Burger King spot at the corner of Westwood Boulevard and Le Conte Avenue.
A reader sent us a snapshot of the paperwork posted at the restaurant indicating that the Georgia-based fried chicken sandwich franchise is going to be opening up shop in that spot.
Reader submitted photo
The property appears to be owned by the Regents of the University of California, and will be leased to the Chick-fil-A franchisee, who is planning construction and alteration of the property. No opening date is known, and the Westwood location is not listed among the impending openings on the Chick-fil-A site, which gives information about openings from now until late January 2013. (Locally, there's a Chick-fil-A opening in Azusa and one in Ventura in January.)
Chick-fil-A has been the subject of national scrutiny and controversy in recent months, thanks to the company president Dan Cathy's remarks against homosexuality and same-sex marriage. Those remarks led to both a national outpouring of support and of protest of the chain.
In Southern California, gay rights activists took part in protests and a national same sex "kiss-in" day. One L.A.-based artist took things further, though, and vandalized a Torrance Chick-fil-A, which landed him three years of probation--and he's been banned from going to Chick-fil-A during that period. We know that means there's one person who for sure won't be going to the Westwood location. But will Westwood welcome Chick-fil-A with open arms--and wallets?
