Is Chick-fil-A open on holidays?
Updated August 24, 2026 · this page carries the 2026 and 2027 dates.
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Open or closed? Check below.
Weekday and Saturday hours vary by restaurant — the app or your location's page has the exact times. Hours vary by location. The days marked closed here are company-wide; everything else is your local store or restaurant’s call, so check before you go.
Chick-fil-A's calendar is the easiest in fast food to memorize: closed every Sunday, closed Thanksgiving, closed Christmas Day. All three are company-wide — no franchise exceptions, no airport asterisks worth planning around.
The Sunday rule does the quiet work on holidays too: any holiday that lands on a Sunday — every Easter, and New Year's Day or July 4 in some years — is automatically a closed day, no announcement needed.
| Day | Dates | Status |
|---|---|---|
| New Year's Day | January 1, 2026 January 1, 2027 | Open Open at most locations when January 1 falls Monday through Saturday — some shorten the day; when it falls on a Sunday, every location is closed. |
| Easter Sunday | April 5, 2026 March 28, 2027 | Closed Closed — Easter always falls on a Sunday, and every Chick-fil-A closes on Sundays. |
| Memorial Day | May 25, 2026 May 31, 2027 | Open Open at most locations — Memorial Day always falls on a Monday, and many restaurants run normal hours. |
| Independence Day | July 4, 2026 July 4, 2027 | Open Open at most locations when July 4 isn't a Sunday, often with shortened evening hours; on a Sunday Fourth, every location is closed. |
| Labor Day | September 7, 2026 September 6, 2027 | Open Open at most locations — Labor Day always falls on a Monday; some restaurants trim hours. |
| Thanksgiving | November 26, 2026 November 25, 2027 | Closed Closed — all Chick-fil-A restaurants close on Thanksgiving Day so team members can be with family. |
| Christmas Eve | December 24, 2026 December 24, 2027 | Varies Most locations open on December 24 and close early — mid-afternoon is common — ahead of the Christmas closure. |
| Christmas Day | December 25, 2026 December 25, 2027 | Closed Closed — all Chick-fil-A restaurants close on Christmas Day. |
| New Year's Eve | December 31, 2026 December 31, 2027 | Open Open at most locations on December 31, with many closing earlier than a normal night. |
Is Chick-fil-A open on New Year's Day?
Open at most locations when January 1 falls Monday through Saturday — some shorten the day; when it falls on a Sunday, every location is closed.
Is Chick-fil-A open on Easter Sunday?
Closed — Easter always falls on a Sunday, and every Chick-fil-A closes on Sundays.
No location opens for Easter. Saturday before and Monday after run normal hours.
Is Chick-fil-A open on Memorial Day?
Open at most locations — Memorial Day always falls on a Monday, and many restaurants run normal hours.
Is Chick-fil-A open on Independence Day?
Open at most locations when July 4 isn't a Sunday, often with shortened evening hours; on a Sunday Fourth, every location is closed.
Is Chick-fil-A open on Labor Day?
Open at most locations — Labor Day always falls on a Monday; some restaurants trim hours.
Is Chick-fil-A open on Thanksgiving?
Closed — all Chick-fil-A restaurants close on Thanksgiving Day so team members can be with family.
This one is company-stated, not location-by-location. Restaurants run normal hours Wednesday and reopen Friday.
Is Chick-fil-A open on Christmas Eve?
Most locations open on December 24 and close early — mid-afternoon is common — ahead of the Christmas closure.
Is Chick-fil-A open on Christmas Day?
Closed — all Chick-fil-A restaurants close on Christmas Day.
Like Thanksgiving, it's company-wide. When Christmas lands next to a Sunday, the closure simply runs two days back to back.
Is Chick-fil-A open on New Year's Eve?
Open at most locations on December 31, with many closing earlier than a normal night.
Questions people ask
Is Chick-fil-A ever open on a Sunday?
No. Every Chick-fil-A closes on Sundays — it has been company practice since 1946, and it applies to mall and airport locations too. The handful of exceptions in history have been one-off emergency responses, not business hours.
Why is Chick-fil-A closed on Sundays?
Founder Truett Cathy set the policy at his first restaurant in 1946 so employees could rest, spend time with family, and worship if they chose — and the company has kept it at every location since.
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The full chain-by-chain picture is on the restaurants holiday hours page — and the store holiday hours page covers the other half of the errand.
Checked against the Chick-fil-A's own hours page, verified August 2026. When a schedule for a new year has not been published yet, this page says so — it never guesses. Weekday and Saturday hours vary by restaurant — the app or your location's page has the exact times.