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Tent city outside Chick-fil-A in Mt. Prospect

Joel Fox of Des Plaines, right, camps out Wednesday with family and friends in a tent city at the new Mount Prospect Chick-fil-A.

Joel Fox of Des Plaines, right, camps out Wednesday with family and friends in a tent city at the new Mount Prospect Chick-fil-A.

 

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Rich Fitzgerald of Oswego camps out Wednesday with family and friends in a tent city at the new Mount Prospect Chick-fil-A.

Rich Fitzgerald of Oswego camps out Wednesday with family and friends in a tent city at the new Mount Prospect Chick-fil-A.

 

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Linda Foertsch, left, of Addison and Jennifer Floyd of Oak Lawn, camp out Wednesday in a tent city at the new Mount Prospect Chick-fil-A.

Linda Foertsch, left, of Addison and Jennifer Floyd of Oak Lawn, camp out Wednesday in a tent city at the new Mount Prospect Chick-fil-A.

 

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Gale Ahrens of Plainfield camps out Wednesday with family and friends in a tent city at the new Mount Prospect Chick-fil-A.

Gale Ahrens of Plainfield camps out Wednesday with family and friends in a tent city at the new Mount Prospect Chick-fil-A.

 

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Nuno and Laura Schmidt of Mount Prospect camp out in the tent city at a new Mount Prospect Chick-fil-A.

Nuno and Laura Schmidt of Mount Prospect camp out in the tent city at a new Mount Prospect Chick-fil-A.

 

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This is the tent city in the parking lot of the new Mount Prospect Chick-fil-A. The first 100 customers get free food for a year.

This is the tent city in the parking lot of the new Mount Prospect Chick-fil-A. The first 100 customers get free food for a year.

 

Bob Chwedyk | Staff Photographer
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By Daily Herald report

More than 80 people began camping out Wednesday morning in the parking lot of the Chick-fil-A that will open Thursday, Feb. 21, in Mount Prospect. They are out to secure their place among the first 100 customers, who will be awarded a free year's supply of Chick-fil-A.

The restaurant at 950 N. Elmhurst Road opens at 6 a.m. Feb. 21, and customers were allowed to begin lining up at 6 a.m. Wednesday.

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The 149-seat restaurant is one of 102 Chick-fil-A plans to open nationwide this year.

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