Chick-Fil-A announced plans for the restaurant on Montauk Highway in West Babylon in January 2022 and maintained it was still going to happen when Newsday investigated the situation in October 2025.
But the company told Greater Long Island on Friday, Sept. 4 that the plans have been shelved and there will be no Chick-Fil-A location as previously planned at the Great South Bay Shopping Center.
Reports indicated the restaurant would have replaced an old Payless shoe store, and the Town of Babylon approved the plans in April 2022, according to the Newsday investigation.
Despite the failure to launch in West Babylon, there are still at least a dozen operational Chick-Fil-A locations across Long Island.
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