“Orange Room” becomes home to new FAMU Chick-fil-A Express

Yesterday, Venom welcomed another nationally-recognized mascot to the FAMU campus.

The black-and-white spotted Chick-fil-A cow, wearing an “Eat Mor Chikin” placard, paid a special visit the University Commons to attend the ribbon-cutting for FAMU’s new Chick-fil-A Express.

FAMU President Elmira Mangum, Chief Financial Officer Dale Cassidy, and Metz Culinary Management representatives were on hand to celebrate the exciting new additional to the university’s dining services.

“I think it’s a really good thing. It shows that there’s a lot of progress at our university. I’m a senior and where we've come from since my freshman year, this is a really big step,” senior Kristyn Matthews, told WCTV-6.

The new restaurant is located in the “Orange Room.” The DCay Group, a construction company based in Pompano Beach, completed an extensive set of renovations in order to prepare the facility for Chick-fil-A Express’ arrival.

For the first year, the Chick-fil-A Express will offer a limited selection of menu items. It may add additional options such as breakfast choices and desserts after 12 months.  

Metz began a five-year contract with FAMU on January 2, 2014, replacing Sodexo. Earlier this year, it opened a Starbucks on the second floor of Coleman Memorial Library. According to a past article in The FAMUan, Metz will keep the Tropical Smoothie and Pizza Hut stores that Sodexo brought to campus. At the time of the article, it was also discussing the possibility of opening a T.G.I. Friday’s at FAMU.