Photos: NYC lines up for Chick-fil-A opening

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Photos: NYC lines up for Chick-fil-A opening

Southern transplants waited with New York's finest and truest for an original, but not without some protest.

Jaimie Cranford, right, takes a photograph with Mariah Reives outside the Chick-fil-A store in New York on the store's opening day Saturday Oct. 3, 2015. Cranford, originally from South Carolina, and Reives, originally from North Carolina, currently live in New York. (AP Photo/Tina Fineberg)

SPECIAL TO THE ATLANTA JOURNAL CONSTITUTION- Rubiel Hernandez, left, and his wife Nataly Miguel, right, pose for a photograph with the Chick-fil-A cow mascot, center, outside the Chick-fil-A store in New York on the store's opening day Saturday Oct. 3, 2015. (AP Photo/Tina Fineberg)

NEW YORK, NY - OCTOBER 2: Customers wait in line outside of Chick-Fil-A , a day before its opening on 37th Street and 6th Avenue, to get raffle tickets to win free food for a year on October 2, 2015 in New York City.. The fast food chicken restaurant is set to open its first store in Manhattan. (Photo by Andrew Renneisen/Getty Images)

SPECIAL TO THE ATLANTA JOURNAL CONSTITUTION- Traffic moves along New York's Sixth Avenue past the Chick-fil-A store on the store's opening day Saturday Oct. 3, 2015. (AP Photo/Tina Fineberg)

NEW YORK, NY - OCTOBER 2: Customers wait in line outside of Chick-Fil-A , a day before its opening on 37th Street and 6th Avenue, to get raffle tickets to win free food for a year on October 2, 2015 in New York City.. The fast food chicken restaurant is set to open its first store in Manhattan. (Photo by Andrew Renneisen/Getty Images)

A Chick-fil-A worker carries a bag full of sandwiches to be given away, promoting the fast-food chain�s first location in New York, Sept. 23, 2015. Privately-held Chick-fil-A expects to post double-digit growth this year, but the chain remains unfamiliar to most in New York -- one of the toughest and unforgiving restaurant markets in the country. (Hiroko Masuike/The New York Times)

SPECIAL TO THE ATLANTA JOURNAL CONSTITUTION- Oscar Fittipaldi, owner of the Chick-fil-A store in New York, is seen inside the store on its opening day Saturday Oct. 3, 2015. (AP Photo/Tina Fineberg)

NEW YORK, NY - OCTOBER 2: The exterior of Chick-Fil-A, a day before its opening, on 37th Street and 6th Avenue, on October 2, 2015 in New York City.. The fast food chicken restaurant is set to open its first store in Manhattan. (Photo by Andrew Renneisen/Getty Images)

NEW YORK, NY - OCTOBER 2: New York Police Department officers have a meeting inside of Chick-Fil-A, a day before its opening, on 37th Street and 6th Avenue, on October 2, 2015 in New York City.. The fast food chicken restaurant is set to open its first store in Manhattan. (Photo by Andrew Renneisen/Getty Images)

SPECIAL TO THE ATLANTA JOURNAL CONSTITUTION - People are seen inside the Chick-fil-A store in New York on the store's opening day Saturday Oct. 3, 2015. (AP Photo/Tina Fineberg)

SPECIAL TO THE ATLANTA JOURNAL CONSTITUTION- People are seen inside the Chick-fil-A store in New York on the store's opening day Saturday Oct. 3, 2015. (AP Photo/Tina Fineberg)

SPECIAL TO THE ATLANTA JOURNAL CONSTITUTION- People read the menu as they wait on line outside the Chick-fil-A store in New York on the store's opening day Saturday Oct. 3, 2015. Signs indicating waiting times were posted at points along the sidewalk. (AP Photo/Tina Fineberg)

SPECIAL TO THE ATLANTA JOURNAL CONSTITUTION- Edward Cheng, of the Brooklyn borough of New York , foreground, looks at a menu as he waits on line outside the Chick-fil-A store in New York on the store's opening day Saturday Oct. 3, 2015. (AP Photo/Tina Fineberg)

SPECIAL TO THE ATLANTA JOURNAL CONSTITUTION- Grayson Stadler, originally from Burlington, North Carolina, now living in New York, right, takes a photograph as she waits on line outside the Chick-fil-A store in New York on the store's opening day Saturday Oct. 3, 2015. (AP Photo/Tina Fineberg)

SPECIAL TO THE ATLANTA JOURNAL CONSTITUTION- People wait on line outside the Chick-fil-A store in New York on the store's opening day Saturday Oct. 3, 2015. Signs indicating waiting times were posted at points along the sidewalk. (AP Photo/Tina Fineberg)

People look at a costumed Chick-fil-A cow in the window of a new Chick-fil-A restaurant, Thursday, Oct. 1, 2015 in New York. The Atlanta-based privately held franchise company has more than 1900 restaurants in 41 states and Washington, D.C. The New York franchise, located a few blocks from Times Square, opens Saturday, Oct. 3, marking its push to become a bigger national player. (AP Photo/Mark Lennihan)

Employees familiarize themselves with the new Chick-fil-A restaurant, Thursday, Oct. 1, 2015 in New York. The Atlanta-based privately held franchise company has more than 1900 restaurants in 41 states and Washington, D.C. The New York franchise, located a few blocks from Times Square, opens Saturday, Oct. 3, marking its push to become a bigger national player. (AP Photo/Mark Lennihan)

People walk past a new Chick-fil-A restaurant, Thursday, Oct. 1, 2015 in New York. The Atlanta-based privately held franchise company has more than 1900 restaurants in 41 states and Washington, D.C. The New York franchise, located a few blocks from Times Square, opens Saturday, Oct. 3, marking its push to become a bigger national player. (AP Photo/Mark Lennihan)

NEW YORK, NY - OCTOBER 2: Employees work inside of Chick-Fil-A, a day before its opening, on 37th Street and 6th Avenue, on October 2, 2015 in New York City.. The fast food chicken restaurant is set to open its first store in Manhattan. (Photo by Andrew Renneisen/Getty Images)

NEW YORK, NY - OCTOBER 2: Employees work inside of Chick-Fil-A, a day before its opening, on 37th Street and 6th Avenue, on October 2, 2015 in New York City.. The fast food chicken restaurant is set to open its first store in Manhattan. (Photo by Andrew Renneisen/Getty Images)

SPECIAL TO THE ATLANTA JOURNAL CONSTITUTION- People wait on line outside the Chick-fil-A store in New York on the store's opening day Saturday Oct. 3, 2015. Signs indicating waiting times were posted at points along the sidewalk. (AP Photo/Tina Fineberg)

NEW YORK, NY - OCTOBER 2: The exterior of Chick-Fil-A, a day before its opening, on 37th Street and 6th Avenue, on October 2, 2015 in New York City.. The fast food chicken restaurant is set to open its first store in Manhattan. (Photo by Andrew Renneisen/Getty Images)

NEW YORK, NY - OCTOBER 2: A cab is reflected in the window of Chick-Fil-A, a day before its opening, on 37th Street and 6th Avenue, on October 2, 2015 in New York City.. The fast food chicken restaurant is set to open its first store in Manhattan. (Photo by Andrew Renneisen/Getty Images)

Jaimie Cranford, right, takes a photograph with Mariah Reives outside the Chick-fil-A store in New York on the store's opening day Saturday Oct. 3, 2015. Cranford, originally from South Carolina, and Reives, originally from North Carolina, currently live in New York. (AP Photo/Tina Fineberg)

NEW YORK, NY - OCTOBER 2: The interior of Chick-Fil-A, a day before its opening, on 37th Street and 6th Avenue, on October 2, 2015 in New York City.. The fast food chicken restaurant is set to open its first store in Manhattan. (Photo by Andrew Renneisen/Getty Images)

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Jaimie Cranford, right, takes a photograph with Mariah Reives outside the Chick-fil-A store in New York on the store's opening day Saturday Oct. 3, 2015. Cranford, originally from South Carolina, and Reives, originally from North Carolina, currently live in New York. (AP Photo/Tina Fineberg)

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