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Looking For A Sign: When Will Chick-fil-A At The Lake Finally Open?

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When will Chick-fil-A be opening? "Soon."

It’s one of the most visible spots in Osage Beach, so the progress at Chick-fil-A is on full display for anyone paying attention.

The building’s exterior looks all but done, with building and street signage popping up in the past week and even a warm greeting next to the restaurant’s entry door.

Kitchen equipment arrived this week, one contractor told LakeExpo. And there is no lack of bustle and activity at the job site.

But any attempt to get an opening date from Chick-fil-A yields peanuts.

Chick-fil-A Entry Door at Lake of the Ozarks - still under construction

We reached out to the media relations team, which offered only the tiniest nugget: "Chick-fil-A... is slated to open soon." The owner of the new store, Jim Hernandez, simply said he could not say.

Sandwiched along what has become restaurant row on Osage Beach Parkway, the new Chick-fil-A is poised to shake up the Lake’s fast-food scene: McDonald’s, Steak & Shake, Wendy’s, and Taco Bell all sit along a stretch of less than two miles.

LakeExpo coverage of the development has proved to be one of the spiciest stories of 2026: thousands of people can hardly wait, based on our website and social numbers.

So we hoped to deliver a more satisfying report by inquiring about an opening date. It was not our pleasure, then, to receive — and deliver — such a vague answer.

So to avoid the accusation of drive-thru journalism, here’s the only thing we can say for sure, and we've got the receipts to prove it: Chick-fil-A will be opening "soon."

We also feel confident with a single prediction: it won’t be on a Sunday.

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