In the Fast Food Lane

The Question of the Day will test your knowledge of local habits and customs:

Q: In Waukegan they consume their Chick-fil-A^® Nuggets direct from the sack. Why?

A: To grease their palms.

HaHa, there will be a new Chick-fil-A^® coming to Waukegan:

Chick-fil-A will be able to open a restaurant where it wants in Waukegan, but not before a narrow City Council vote and the objections of two multinational corporations which will flank the planned eatery. Before it can build its restaurant on the southeast corner of Northpoint Boulevard and Waukegan Road, across from the Fountain Square shopping center, Chick-fil-A needed a zoning change and other modifications from the city
Waukegan endorses controversial location for Chick-fil-A; 'Why are we willing to bend ... (so) you can have the competitive advantage?'

Any way you look at it, there are some ruffled feathers in Waukegan:

allowing the zoning change gives Chick-fil-A a competitive advantage over more than a dozen restaurants operating on the west side of Waukegan Road which comply with the zoning requirements there.
Waukegan endorses controversial location for Chick-fil-A; 'Why are we willing to bend ... (so) you can have the competitive advantage?'

One confederate offered an olive branch as a conciliatory gesture: "We have decided to not compete on a full seven day schedule  We have obtained authorization to close the restaurant on Sundays."

Your LakeCountyEye will keep you apprised when further developments warrant.